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Seoul: A City of Distinction 1 year 8 weeks ago

For foreigners, Seoul is an ancient city, as it was founded in 1392, 100 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. But when historians compare Seoul to Korea’s ancient history, the capital city of the Republic of Korea is relatively new. The city’s history only spans 500 years. Before the modern era, Seoul City was called Hanyang, and later Hansong.

Good Spots to Teach and Work in Busan, South Korea 1 year 34 weeks ago

Have you ever thought about working overseas? Here's your chance. Here are some good areas that you may consider teaching in Busan, South Korea. Busan is located on the coast of South Korea, so it's near beaches. Busan is the second largest city in South Korea. Seoul is the largest.

Kyongju: Museum Without Walls 1 year 8 weeks ago

Probably the most popular region to visit outside of Seoul is the Kyongju valley. Geographically, Kyongju is located between Taegu and Pusan along the route of the Seoul-Pusan Expressway in south-east Korea.

Kyongju is the cradle of early Shilla culture and site of the kingdom’s capital (57 A.D. 935) for almost 1000 years. The Unified Shilla period (668 – 935) carried Korean culture, arts and learning to unprecedented heights and today historians refer to this era as Korea’s “Golden Age.”

North Korea to sever all ties with South Korea 2 years 1 day ago

SEOUL: North Korea said on Tuesday it was severing all ties with South Korea and cutting communications links in protest at claims that it had torpedoed one of Seoul's warships.

The North said it would expel all South Korean personnel from a jointly-run industrial estate at Kaesong north of the border, and ban South Korean ships and planes from its territorial waters and airspace.

News: Seoul, Chuncheon landslide pic, photo 36 dead by 2011 07 27 in South Korea 43 weeks 2 days ago

Fast-moving mudwaters filled the streets in Seoul on Wednesday, sending residents scrambling to the roofs of their partially submerged cars.

Water filled some subway stations and spewed from sewers. TV images showed people in one flooded subway station using shovels, brooms and a wooden board in an effort to keep more rain from coming in. Yonhap reported Internet and wireless connections failed in southern Seoul due to power failures.