Changdeonkgung palace, secret garden

Urban immensity of Seoul city - part 1

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March 23rd 2014
On our first day, we climbed up Ansam 'mountain' to reach a view point. From up there we could measure the immensity of Seoul, we could barely see the limit of the city…there is 'only' 10 million people living here. We kind of lose ourselves on our way down and ended up in an empty neighbourhood. It was very odd and a little strange. The all neighbourhood felt like a ghost town. The house were n ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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