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		<title>Deogyusan National Park (Winter)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes referred to in Korean hiking circles as seolguk (설국) “snow country” in the winter, Deogyusan National Park (1614m) is a well-known destination for winter sightseeing. The mountain is located in Jeollabuk-do where moist atmospheric air from the West Sea passes over and easily turns into snow. During or right after a heavy snow storm, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeju National Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short cab ride away from downtown Jeju City is the Jeju National Museum, and knowing that (1) Jeju was a separate country from the mainland called Tamnaguk (탐라국) until 1404, and (2) that the Jeju dialect is quite different from the mainland&#8217;s, and (3) that Jeju&#8217;s culture was in part shaped by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first Jeongwol Daeboreum experience was with the Cheongdo Jeongwol Daeboreum Festival in 2010. Unfortunately in 2011, for fear of spreading the livestock killing foot-and-mouth disease, these festivals were canceled and people were discouraged from unnecessary travel. Now, after 5 years of living in Korea, I was finally able to visit Jeju Island during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gwandeokjeong &amp; Jejumok-Gwana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been built in 1448, Gwandeokjeong (관덕정), a national treasure, is said to be the oldest building on Jeju Island. The structure was a place for training soldiers and was located just outside the outer gate to Jejumok-Gwana (제주목관아), which was a Provincial Office in the Joseon Dynasty. In front of Gwandeokjeong, a yellow flag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hallasan National Park in Winter (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long one-year wait, I finally got the chance to climb South Korea&#8217;s tallest and one of its most sacred mountains, Hallasan (한라산), in the dead of winter. It was only last year that I discovered that I enjoyed hiking on snow covered mountains while at the Taebaeksan Snow Festival. And since then, Hallasan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Tomb Complex</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third report in a series of three covering the following tomb complexes located in the city of Gyeongju, the ancient capital of the Silla Kingdom. The reports are divided as follows: #1 &#38; #2 Noseo-ri Tombs &#38; Nodong-ri Tombs #3 Daereungwon Royal Tombs #4 Five Tomb Complex I visited all four of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News &amp; Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has officially begun according to the lunar calendar even though the weather remains cold. This past weekend on February 3 was Ipchun (입춘), or the first day of spring. Around the country, people also celebrated at Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festivals, a time and place to pray for good fortune in the new year. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daereungwon Tomb Complex</title>
		<link>http://tigersandmagpies.com/2012/01/daereungwon-tomb-complex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of a three part series of posts covering four tomb complexes in the city of Gyeongju that I walked to in a single day. The four complexes are: #1 &#038; #2 Noseo-ri Tombs &#038; Nodong-ri Tombs #3 Daereungwon Royal Tombs #4 Five Tomb Complex In the first post I talked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunsan Seollal Ssireum Wrestling Championship (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ringing in the lunar new year in Korea, called Seollal (설날) in Korean, offers Koreans and tourists a chance to be a spectator at one of Korea&#8217;s longest standing traditions, ssireum (씨름) wrestling. The Korea Ssireum Association holds about 20 tournaments each year, with the Seollal event being the biggest. At this tournament champions walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gyeongju&#8217;s Noseo-ri &amp; Nodong-ri Tombs</title>
		<link>http://tigersandmagpies.com/2012/01/gyeongjus-noseo-ri-nodong-ri-tombs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late September 2011, I took a day trip from Daegu to Gyeongju to check out some of the ancient tombs which the area is well-known for. Fortunately for me the weather was absolutely gorgeous and I came away with a fun experience and some nice photos to go with it. Three of the tomb [...]]]></description>
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