Jeju Island Trip – Symbols of the Island

These stone "harubang" statues seem to be the face of Jeju. They are everywhere.

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The women divers ("haenyeo") bring in seafood from the nearby seabed. It's a dying occupation now though.

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It is said that the first inhabitants to Jeju arrived in boats like this:

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Steven S. Bammel is president and chief translator/consultant at Korean Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington (B.B.A. Economics) and Hanyang University (M.S. Management Strategy), Steven has worked for over twenty years in Korean business and translation. | more about Steven

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