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In previous posts, I've shared about number units unique to Korean and how Korean prose doesn't include a lot of spelled-out numbers. Here are three more tips… ———- Many Koreans handwrite their numbers differently than we do in English. I used to think this was a generational thing, but I occasionally...
(1 of 17) – Sum Guest House (2 of 17) – Chirisan Doollae-Gil from Dangjae to Mokajae (3 of 17) – The Bucking-Gum Motel in Jinju (4 of 17) – Jisu Elementary School (5 of 17) – Birthplace of Ku In-Hui, Founder of the LG Group (6 of 17)...
This section of the Drama Set is built up like a hillside slum, reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s in Korea. The Korean term for this kind of district is a "moon neighborhood". (Visit in Google Maps.)
After calling this home in Korea for nearly nine years, we finally turned it over to new owners on March 12, 2015… along with our bulky old furniture we couldn't take with us to the officetel.
Having not found what I was looking for at Hapcheon, I came down here to look around and I was pleased to locate various spots I'd seen in shows I've watched over the last couple years. This is even where scenes from the latest morning drama on KBS were filmed....
I stayed here once in 2013 while walking the Chirisan Doollae-Gil and as I was heading back down to Suncheon, I decided to spend a night here on the way. W20,000 for a room isn't bad, though it wasn't exactly the nicest room around. (Visit the Gurye Guest House website.)...
At this spot in the summer of 1950, American troops killed hundreds of Korean civilians. The bullet marks in the tunnels have been marked and the area turned into a peace park. (Visit in Google Maps.)
With his daughter running the country now, former President Park Jung-Hee's reputation has long enjoyed rock-star status. There were loads of people at his birthplace here in Gumi, and they are building a park beside to further commemorate his life. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Not far from the Battle of Dabu-Dong, the fighting raged all along the Nakdong River, and this spot near the north end of the Pusan Perimeter was also particularly hard fought. A section of the bridge below was blown up by the Americans in order to prevent the North Koreans...
This was ground zero of the battle to defend the Pusan Perimeter in the late summer of 1950 in the Korean War. This location, Dabu-Dong, was the site of a particularly aggressive North Korean push south. (Visit in Google Maps.)
