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Autumn Drought

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October 18th 2006
A belated Happy Chuseok to you all... We hope you had a nice Korean Thanksgiving. We've had a great few weeks. By virtue of a shift change, we managed to get ourselves a sweet little 12-day break...perfect timing, one might say, for a visit from the parents! Hoorah! Gareth's Mum and Dad arrived on a Friday evening, and we introduced them to Korea by getting up at the crack of dawn to explore t ... read more

Asia » South Korea » DMZ

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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