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A weekend in Seoul

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September 16th 2011
Seoul was a great weekend trip. Only two hours from Beijing, I landed in this much more modern city, though kind of just as big. We stayed at a cozy hostel, JK House, which I can recommend. The first thing me and my korean adopted friend did was of course eating. Korean food is very spicy and you always get a lot of small dishes. Then we walked around in an area nearby a university, there was a lo ... 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