Sudo Eclipse 2009-07-22 20007

Sudo Eclipse

---

July 22nd 2009
Well, as I mentioned in an earlier blog I was thinking of going to China to see the total eclipse, I did not make it, couple of reasons 1) It is still monsoon season and I did not want to buy a ticket to Singapore and it ends up being a cloudy day, 2) Which is the main reason, I procrastinated and forgot I needed a China visa. So I stayed in Korea and saw an almost 90% eclipse on what turned ou ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Kunsan

---

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