Pulled pork platter at Johnsons Diner

South Korea - Busan

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January 27th 2017
David here... On to the 8th (and 5th new) country of this trip, South Korea. We were both feeling a touch sad about leaving Taiwan after it had become so familiar and easy for us in the 2 weeks we'd been there. Korea is supposed to have less English speakers than previous places we'd been, so we wondered how we'd get on. The flight was surprisingly good actually as the Air Busan plane had 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