Today I skipped out on the conference entirely to go have a look around the city. I started at Gyeongbokgung Palace, the largest and most well preserved palace complex from the Chosun dynasty which ruled Korea for over 500 years until the Japanese annexed Korea in about 1910. The complex originally had about 300 buildings, [...]

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No, the sign isn’t pointing out a secret Nazi resort in the mountains, but the presence of a Buddhist temple. I discovered this completely by accident while wandering around campus the other day. Basically, it’s at the farthest point north on the campus (up hill) and then even more up hill until you come to a [...]

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I’ve had many unique beverages here in Korea; brown rice and green teas, ginseng drinks, various rice-based soft drinks. Here’s one I found the other day with real bits of aloe floating around. Who knew it isn’t just for sunburn anymore?

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Did I mention its monsoon season here in Korea? Actually, it hasn’t been as bad as it could be. Granted I don’t think there’s been one sunny day since I’ve been here, but on the bright side it hasn’t rained 24/7 either. Today was probably the worst of the days in terms of the rain. [...]

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