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Day 8, Busan

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June 20th 2015
Today was my first whole day in Busan and I first went to Gamcheon Culture Village. I went there with bus and it was my first time using Korean local buses. It was really convenient way of moving around, even though the bus stops were announced only in Korean. In the Gamcheon Culture Village there are lot of colorful small houses and it is built on a hillside. The entire village is an art and ... 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