Busan Port

Past and Present Busan

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March 16th 2017
Geo: 35.1579, 129.055Busan is the 2nd largest city in South Korea and the world's 5th largest container port. It's a very modern city with tall apartment buildings. Our first stop was at a mountain Buddhist Monastery. A large complex. Our second stop was a very modern shopping centre. No pictures. ... 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