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Day 6 in Seoul

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April 15th 2012
Today I took a bus from the bus stop near the hotel to Dongdaemun market. It was a 10 minute ride. When I got to the market I ate kimbap for breakfast. kimbap is like the Korean version of sushi. The rice in kimbap is not seasoned with vinegar like the rice in sushi and the seaweed in kimbap has a little oil. At Dongsaemun market there is everything you need from food to clothes to shoes. The thin ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Songpa-gu » COEX Mall

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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