Fish Market at Pusan

Pusan, South Korea

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October 13th 2009
We woke this morning in Pusan in South Korea. The city has 4Mil people and is spread right around the harbours (they have couple of them). It’s obviously a major seaport because the fish market was so vast. In the market freshly caught fish were displayed next to live fish in tanks - all sorts - the area was spread over quite a few acres. It was clean there but not so nice unless of course you d ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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