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[RACETRAITOR]

This is for anyone who was in the country around 1996.

My uncle was teaching in Korea for 1996. He was in Yochon, a small town that has since been absorbed by Yeosu. His name was Barry, and he was short and a heavy drinker.

For one weekend we stayed in Seoul in a basement apartment with a Serbian couple. The dad was Serbian, the mom was Bosnian-Muslim, and the daughter was the ultimate symbol of racial rebellion. Her name was Seina and she was really funny.

This is my uncle holding the dog:


When I came here to visit with my sister and my two cousins, we bemusedly posed for this ad photo (yes I had long hair back then):


I want to know if anyone remembers any of the people I've mentioned here. It's a long shot but I'm assuming the ESL community was tighter back then. My uncle might be coming to visit this summer.

[The Bobster]

Good luck with this. Turns out was in the country then, but nowhere near Yeosu ...

Methinks there's a halfway interesting story buried under this OP ... again, good luck in your efforts.

[RACETRAITOR]

Half interesting is right. I was here for three weeks in 1996 when I was 16 years old, and when I went back to Edmonton I annoyed all my friends talking about Korea. My uncle didn't make it to the end of his contract because he had a heart attack and left around his tenth month.

[twg]