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Old Meets New

In this pic its a little hard to see the "older" traditional buildings, but they are there! The white building to the left kind of looked like the White House. It was used in the early 1900's for foreign guests during the Great Korean Empire.
Old vs. New

September 2nd 2006
Today we went into Seoul because the Seoul Museum of Art had a Picasso exhibit going on. I'm not a huge art junky by any means, but it seemed like a good way to explore some of the city because we had not been into Seoul during the day. Before going to the Art Museum we first walked around one of Seoul’s many historical sites, Deok Su Gung Palace. It felt pretty weird to be in an area fenced o ... read more
Asia » South Korea » Seoul

Korean Flag 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
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