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Firework Festival

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October 28th 2012
So Busan has an annual firework festival which is reportedly the biggest in Korea. After a night on the town for Hallowe'en, we claimed our spaces on Gwangalli beach at 3pm - prime seats right at the front for the 9pm show! DSLR camera's and tripods lined the streets , everyone moving around for the best view. The theme for the festival was love - Busan wants Gwangalli to be the number ... read more

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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