Why Does Seoul Have a European Palace Inside a Korean Royal Court?(Deoksugung)

Deoksugung
  1. If you step past the traditional stone gates of Seoul’s Deoksugung Palace, you will experience one of the most jarring architectural whiplashes on planet Earth.
  2. Nestled right beside centuries-old, sweeping wooden tiled roofs and ancient dragon-carved pavilions sits a blindingly
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PSY Did Military Service Twice? The Wild Story Behind the Man Who Broke YouTube

PSY GANGNAMSTYLE
  1. If you think your office job is a prison, try accidentally getting drafted into the South Korean military twice for the exact same offense.
  2. Long before a chubby, suit-wearing artist on a white horse forced the entire planet to gallop
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The River Seoul Buried Under a Highway – cheonggyecheon

cheonggyecheon
  1. If you walk through the ultra-modern neon-lit canyons of downtown Seoul today, you are actually strolling right above a ghost.(cheonggyecheon)
  2. Buried deep beneath the smooth asphalt and roaring traffic of a concrete highway lies a centuries-old river that literally bled,
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