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Hyangil-am Hermitage
Poised on the Edge of the World

September 22nd 2006
So, an interesting week or so, as always. First, the good things. On Wednesday, I had the day off because of testing at school, and my host family was out of town in Seoul. So, my independent self finally reasserted itself, and I decided to get myself on a bus that would take me to Hyangil-am, a Buddhist hermitage that is on the opposite end of my island. Lately, I've kind of waited around to ... read more
Asia » South Korea » Jeollanam-do » Yeosu

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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