Korea hat Fast-Food Kreationen die es nirgendwo anders auf der Welt gibt.
Ramen Burger
Shrimp Pizza
Quatro Burger
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South Korea has the highest rate of plastic surgery in the world, along with some of the best doctors and top-notch technology. You can’t walk a block in Gangnam without getting the feeling that you just saw the same girl walk by a half dozen times.
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Today, the July 17th is Korean “Constitution Day”
Constitution Day (제헌절) in South Korea is on July 17, the day that the Korean Constitution was proclaimed in 1948. The date was deliberately chosen to match the founding date of July 17 of the Joseon Dynasty.
Although Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II on August 15, 1945, the peninsula was caught in the middle of the Cold War between Russia and the United States and it was only in 1948 when a democratic election for National Assembly members was held separately in South Korea. The elected assembly members set upon creating a constitution, and decided upon a presidential and unicameral system. The constitution was formally adopted and promulgated by President Syngman Rhee on July 17, 1948.
Constitution Day was proclaimed a national holiday on October 1, 1949, with the creation of the National Holiday Law. A commemorative ceremony is held with the President, Chairman of the National Assembly, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the original constitutional assembly members in attendance, and citizens hang the national flag in commemoration. Special activities such as marathons are often held.
Since 2008, Constitution Day in South Korea is no longer a “no work” public holiday, following the restructure of laws regarding the public sector with a 40-hour work week. It is still a national holiday for commemoration.
Source: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(South_Korea)
에일리 (Ailee) – A’s Doll House
Seoul Survival Guide by Mr. Aaron Namba
Seoul Survival Guide by Mr. Aaron Namba
Planning a trip to Seoul, Korea?
Most visitors to Seoul have a wonderful time, but nearly all experience a common problem: Seoul travel books are full of serious errors!
It’s not the authors’ fault. Seoul is over 600 years old, but life moves quickly! Fashion, social norms, laws and even buildings change constantly. The Seoul Survival Guide is published twice a year, and each new edition contains dozens of updates. Typical travel books go years between editions, and can develop serious errors very quickly, sometimes even before they hit shelves.
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Book tip: Adventures Of The Seoul from Lindsey Chamness Maguigan
Adventures Of The Seoul
Lindsey Chamness Maguigan (Author)
Leila is just an ordinary college girl. She’s never had a boyfriend or tasted beer and wants nothing mo
re than to get away from Tennessee. So when she found out about her school’s study abroad program,
she was the first to sign up. What she didn’t expect was to be assigned to South
Korea, a country half a world away. When Leila first arrives in Seoul with two other Tennessee girls, the shock is almost unbearable. The language is difficult. The culture is different. But she soon finds friends in the dorm, and one Minnesota girl, Mackenzie, becomes an especially close ally. As the international students explore the enormous city, Leila starts to break out of her shell. Is there anything she can’t do? On a chilly December night, Leila and Mackenzie meet two Koreans outside their school, Yonsei University. That moment changes everything.
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The Namdaemun is re-opened.
Namdaemun, officially known as the Sungnyemun (literally Gate of Exalted Ceremonies), is one of the Eight Gates in theFortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon Dynasty. The gate is located in Jung-gu between Seoul Station and Seoul City Plaza, with the historic 24-hour Namdaemun market is next to the gate.
The gate, dating back to the 14th century, is a historic pagoda-style gateway, and is designated as the first National Treasure of South Korea. It was once one of the three major gateways through Seoul’s city walls which had a stone circuit of 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi) and stood up to 6.1 metres (20 ft) high. It was first built in the last year of King Taejo of Joseon’s reign in 1398, and rebuilt in 1447, during the 29th year of King Sejong the Great of Joseon’s reign.
In 2008, the wooden pagoda atop the gate was severely damaged by arson. Restoration work on the gateway started in February 2010 and was completed in 29 April 2013. It was officially reopened on 5 May 2013.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namdaemun
“Samsung-TV” building in Seoul
Budae jjigae
Home made style Budae jjigae: backed beans, spam, sausage, ramen-noodles, kimchi rice
Budae jjigae (Korean pronunciation: [pudɛ tɕ͈iɡɛ]; lit. “army base stew”) is a type of jjigae (a thick Korean soup similar to a Western stew). Soon after the Korean War, food was scarce in Seoul, South Korea. Some people made use of surplus foods from U.S. Army bases around the Uijeongbu area, Pyeongtaek area (also called Songtan)[1] or Munsan area, such as hot dogs, canned ham, and Spam, and incorporated them into a traditional spicy soup flavored with gochujang (red chili paste) and kimchi.
Budae jjigae is still popular in South Korea. The dish often incorporates modern ingredients such as instant ramen noodles and sliced American cheese. Other ingredients may include ground beef, sliced sausages, baked beans, dropwort, onions, green onions, tteok, tofu, chili peppers, macaroni, garlic, mushrooms and other vegetables in season.
The dish originated during the Korean War, and was popular for a time afterwards, when people had little to eat. People made this dish by combining leftover Spam and hot dogs from U.S. Army facilities with whatever else was available. All the leftovers were combined with water in a large pot and boiled.[3] The dish is also referred to as Johnson Tang (존슨 탕), combining the common American surname Johnson and tang (탕, 湯) a word meaning soup.
Restaurant Budae Jigae
The city of Uijeongbu, which is bordered by Seoul to the south and has many army bases, is famous for its budae jjigae. In the late 20th century, the city of Uijeongbu stipulated that the dish be referred to as Uijeongbu jjigae to remove the military or war-time connotation in the name, though not many restaurants follow this guideline. Some restaurants have begun calling their product Uijeongbu budae jjigae. There is also what locals refer to as “Uijeongbu Budaejjigae Street” where there is a high concentration of buddaejjigae restaurants.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budae_jjigae
