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Itaewon, Soccer game, and Hongdae

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October 12th 2009
This would have been a ridiculously long update, instead I am cutting it into 2 updates: the first on Chuseok, Itaewon, the Soccer game and Hongdae, and the second on The zoo and the DMZ. Last weekend was Chuseok, which is probably the biggest holiday in Korea. We got last Friday off, which was quite nice. On Thursday, all of the kids in my school wore their humbocks (not sure of the spelling ... 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