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Traditional Market

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September 19th 2009
This entry is for my parents. I must start off by saying that this was an accidental discovery of fresh-farmer's-market-treasure. As Chantelle and I were trying to follow the doh-doh tourist info lady's directions of where to get on the bus to Zooland, we stumbled upon a traditional farmer's market just oustide of Daejeon Station. Amazed, we delved deeper and deeper into this market full o ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Taejon

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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