seoul

Sell your Seoul for Bacon?

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December 25th 2008
When I was a kid I made an abstract painting using found paint and crayons, I mother still has it hanging in the garage. I entitled it 'Sell your Soul for bacon'. I had no reference for the the expression and to this day still don't know what I meant by it but I enjoyed the collection of words. Now I am actually in Seoul and still don't have a frame of reference for the saying but I have seen baco ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more