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One of the best festivals we’ve been to since arriving in Korea, is the Jinju (진주) lantern festival. Jinju is a small city in Gyeongsan (경산). The lantern festival in Jinju is quite special. For one thing, it is celebrated in honor of the troops who died while defending Jinju from the Japanese. For another, […]
July 17, 2012
This weekend, we went to the Boreyang Mud Festival (aka Mudfest). It’s sort of been a long time coming. Last year, we ended up skipping the festivities, so we knew that there was no way we were going to miss out this year. As soon as we got to the Mudfest, we threw on our […]
June 4, 2012
Yesterday, we went to the sand castle festival in Busan. We took the KTX down to Gupo station, and from there, we took the subway to Haeundae Beach. Haeundae is definitely Koreas most popular/famous beach. So that coupled with the festivities made the beach particularly crowded, but it was still a great opportunity to get […]
April 13, 2011
Famous romantic bridge in Jinhae Jinhae Park We went to the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival this weekend. A big part of the street festival is a commemoration of Admiral Yi Sun Shin, and though he is interesting, we went to Jinhae this weekend because of the cherry blossom. Apparently, this is a huge draw every year. […]
Beyond the 38th Parallel 
January 15, 2013
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