Introducing Gwangju
Gwangju may look like any other city with its shop-filled central area, an attractive riverside, busy restaurants, pubs and bars – all encircled by apartment blocks – but within this everyday exterior resides the heart of an artist and the soul of a revolutionary. Civic Gwangju emphasises the arts and the city has an important place in the history of Korea’s democracy and human-rights movement.
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Last updated: Sep 25, 2008
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RE: Daegu to Mokpo'?
by Jake_Kim 14 September 2011
Take express bus terminal from Daegu Express Bus Terminal Kumho Annex (across from Dong-Daegu Train Station) to Gwangju first, then change…
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RE: Teaching Areas in South Korea
by dominic77 14 September 2011
Any decent sized city (say, with 250,000 people or more living there), will have other foreigners to talk to and probably some kind of…
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RE: Staying in Busan for F1 Korean Grand Prix
by Jake_Kim 05 August 2011
Accommodation was indeed one of the most badly managed aspects of last year's event, so pointed out by Korean media as well. Nevertheless,…
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