Sunday, December 7, 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Korean Comfort Women Monument
Located in front of the Japanese Embassy. Comfort women were forced sex slaves to the Imperialist Japanese military before and during WWII.
Link: Recent news article in Korean Herald
"Japan has demanded that South Korea remove monuments set up at home and abroad to mark the victims of the Japanese Imperial Army’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, government sources said Sunday. The demand was made during the two countries’ monthly director-general level talks launched earlier this year to resolve thorny bilateral issues, including the so-called comfort women issue. The neighbors held the fifth round of the talks last week. During the talks, the Japanese side demanded that Seoul remove a statue of a girl in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and other monuments in several U.S. states, set up to commemorate the comfort women victims, according to the government sources......"
Source: Korean Herald 12/1/2014
"Japan has demanded that South Korea remove monuments set up at home and abroad to mark the victims of the Japanese Imperial Army’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, government sources said Sunday. The demand was made during the two countries’ monthly director-general level talks launched earlier this year to resolve thorny bilateral issues, including the so-called comfort women issue. The neighbors held the fifth round of the talks last week. During the talks, the Japanese side demanded that Seoul remove a statue of a girl in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and other monuments in several U.S. states, set up to commemorate the comfort women victims, according to the government sources......"
Source: Korean Herald 12/1/2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sandwiches in Seoul - featured in Apr14 GROOVE issue
http://issuu.com/groove_korea/docs/groove_korea_april_2014/14?e=2343951/7329102
Friday, January 31, 2014
Top Travelled to Cities in 2012
Data source: http://www.euromonitor.com/ | Source article: http://blog.euromonitor.com/2014/01/euromonitor-internationals-top-city-destinations-ranking.html . Green circles represent cities that rank in the upper top 10 (1-5), and purple circles represent cities that rank in the lower top 10 (6-10). Notice that Seoul ranks 48th.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Earthquakes in Korea
This is a map of earthquakes in Korea from Jan 2012 - Dec 2013. 149 quakes in this two year period with the average magnitude being 2.56 on the Richter scale. See below the map for a list of the most significant earthquakes in Korea since 1977.
View Earthquakes in Korea 2012-2013 in a full screen map
Table of most significant earthquakes in Korea (since 1977)
View Earthquakes in Korea 2012-2013 in a full screen map
Table of most significant earthquakes in Korea (since 1977)
Magnitude
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Date
|
Time
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Latitude
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Longitude
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Location
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5.3
|
01/08/80
|
08:44:13 AM
|
40.2
|
125
|
평북 서부 의주-삭주-귀성 지역
|
5.2
|
05/29/04
|
07:14:24 PM
|
36.8
|
130.2
|
경북 울진 동쪽 약 80km 해역
|
5.2
|
09/16/78
|
02:07:05 AM
|
36.6
|
127.9
|
충북 속리산 부근지역
|
5
|
03/30/03
|
08:10:52 PM
|
37.8
|
123.7
|
인천 백령도 서남서쪽 약 80km 해역
|
5
|
10/07/78
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06:19:52 PM
|
36.6
|
126.7
|
충남 홍성읍 지역
|
4.9
|
05/18/13
|
07:02:24 AM
|
37.68
|
124.63
|
인천 백령도 남쪽 31km 해역
|
4.9
|
04/21/13
|
08:21:27 AM
|
35.16
|
124.56
|
전남 신안군 흑산면 북서쪽 101km 해역
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4.9
|
03/23/03
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05:38:41 AM
|
35
|
124.6
|
전남 홍도 북서쪽 약 50km 해역
|
4.9
|
07/26/94
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02:41:46 AM
|
34.9
|
124.1
|
전남 홍도 서북서쪽 약 100km 해역
|
4.8
|
01/20/07
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08:56:53 PM
|
37.68
|
128.59
|
강원 평창군 도암면-진부면 경계지역
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View Significant Quakes in Korea in a full screen map
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