Ice Rink at Lotte World

A few days in Seoul

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February 7th 2009
As my vacation draws to a close and I prepare to return to work I feel its time to update on my trips around Korea that were taken on my weeks off. We decided to head to Seoul for the first time since orientation. The bus ride direct from Hwacheon was relatively uneventful, the bus still stops in Chuncheon and then continues on to Dong-Seoul. At Chuncheon everyone got off the bus except us, as we ... read more

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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