In a folk village on the island of Cheju I saw a variety of small one room houses that many in Korea used to live in. They were out in the country and they farmed to make a living but farming just required enough land to take care of one families needs. Not a lot of difference between the early pioneers of the west in the US as they tried to make houses in a wilderness. The houses changed and cities were a lot of what changed them. You still see the old Temples in the country and of course in the city but the people had to leave their own farms and work for large companies. That meant they moved to small towns and then big ones. As we took the train from Seoul to Busan we saw one small town after another. The difference was that the group of building in the second picture up was just one small section of a small town as we past by. A small town might have hundreds of these High Rise Apartments. Seoul on the other hand had thousands upon thousands of these apartments. Between 10 and 15 million people live in this area and that is more than 25% of all that live in South Korea.
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Korea is one of the Four Tigers of East Asia, South Korea has achieved an incredible record of growth and integration into the high-tech modern world economy.
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Pride refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, or a group.
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Our trip to Korea was about Pride. Proud to have Korea as part of our family Heritage.
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I am proud to have Korea as part of our family heritage as well :)
Glad you are home!
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