Archive for June, 2009
Just Another Day in Shanghai
In: China| Visit Shanghai
30 Jun 2009Here’s a good one. Glad to have visited Shanghai, but also glad to be back in Seoul.
Tainted milk and collapsed buildings. Just another day in Shanghai.
Entire 13-story building tips over intact – kills one person, a couple days ago in Shanghai, China. Hard to believe this same city has built some of the tallest, most [...]
Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai
30 Jun 2009This is my favorite photo in Shanghai, China. My palms sweat when I look at this picture. I am sitting 270 meters above the ground on the glass floor of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower. The tower stands 468 meters (1536 feet) tall, and is the third tallest TV and radio tower in the [...]
The DMZ
In: Current Events in Korea| DMZ| Korean Culture| Korean History
1 Jun 2009The DMZ, or the Demilitarized Zone is the dividing border between North Korea and South Korea. It was created in 1953 in a ceasefire where both countries agreed to move their troops 2km from the border to creat a 4km demilitarized zone. No peace treaty has ever been signed, and the two countries are technically [...]
About Kimchi Soup
Kimchi Soup is a blog journal managed by a Korean-American-Jewish adoptee (this is not a joke). Its sole purpose is to document the adventures of the author's return to Korea and to update his family and friends.
The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.
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