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Busan (Pusan) South Korea, Fish Market and Buddhist Temple

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November 17th 2014
Busan (Pusan) South Korea, Fish Market and Buddhist Temple Off the ship and a loooong, windy, cold walk to our bus and a ½ day tour. We quickly find our way to the Ja-Gai-Ch’i or Aunt’s Fish Market. It is named after all the women who started and ran the market during the Korean War in the early 1950’s. It still thrives today and is, by far, the cleanest fish market of all t ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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