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andrew
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Korean govt. officials and the tourist people often make brash comments about Korea. In one guidebook I read (the 'beetle around seoul' thing) it clearly said that the highest waterfall in Asia could be found near this subway stop in Eastern Seoul!!!!
Needless to say when we arrived expecting Niagra falls we found something that wouldn't even be the highest waterfall in Korea. Nevermind all Asia. And it was turned off!! (true)
They seem to have a desperate need to raise the international profile of their country. |
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Holyjoe
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: Away for a cuppa
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| andrew wrote: |
| I'm pretty sure that Gyeonggi-do (which encircles Seoul) is also divided between North and South - at least my map of Korea shows the DMZ running through it. Kaesong in the North is a capital as well as Suwon in the South, since Incheon and Seoul are independent cities. |
According to the Lonely Planet (not the most authoritative of sources but it's a starting point!) "the province of Gyeonggi-do surrounds Seoul, and even pokes into North Korea".
Strangely the map at the front of the LP calls the South Korean province "Gangwon-do" and the North Korean province "Kangwon-do".
Perhaps that's just to avoid confusion, but the Pyeongchang Olympic bid was the first time I'd heard them say that Gangwon-do is the only divided province. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| Holyjoe wrote: |
Strangely the map at the front of the LP calls the South Korean province "Gangwon-do" and the North Korean province "Kangwon-do".
Perhaps that's just to avoid confusion, but the Pyeongchang Olympic bid was the first time I'd heard them say that Gangwon-do is the only divided province. |
I think I can explain this. South Korea recently developed a new romanization scheme for Korean words (the Ministry of Education system), North Korea has been using the same romanization scheme (McCune-Reischauer) that was used in Korea before the Korean war. "Kangwon-Do" and "Gangwon-Do" have the exact same spelling in hangeul (강원도). |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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North/south is a naturally occuring division in probably every country of the world. Theres always a border-psychologically if not physically:-
America:"Southerners have their own rules"
England: Anywhere north of the Watford gap is unthinkable.
Ireland:""Dey fonny red-herred prodesdans live op tear"
Italy:"They are all layabout mafiosi down there. We want independence"
Belgium: "We are Vlaams people. they are French down there". |
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