Ferry1

Finally visited Jeju

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October 5th 2014
Four and a half years living in South Korea I hadn’t made my way south to Jeju Island. Therefore, when I got Fridays off for the semester and a Monday off at the end of September, I decided it was time to visit Jeju for a 4-day jaunt. In a subtropical climate, Jeju is the largest island in the country. Overall, I enjoyed Jeju greatly. The island itself is very different from the rest of So ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeju » Seogwipo

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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