Outside Our Pension

Rafting in Inje, Gangwon Province

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July 18th 2012
After talking about it for about a year, we finally planned a rafting trip to Northern Korea, and it came to pass last weekend. A group of 8 of us met in Inje, a small town that seems to make most of its money from outdoor sports activities—there was rafting, bungee jumping, and hiking (Seoraksan National Park) nearby. It was a long journey from Daegu. We left from Bukbu Bus Terminal at 8:40, tr ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gangwon-do

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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