CATHY HUANG

My time in Korea is slowly coming to an end, and I have extremely mixed feelings about everything. I have never experienced a time when I have created an completely different life for myself away from home, and have made friends to accompany me throughout this journey. And I realized, why it is so hard to say goodbye to this country. It is...

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I finally visited the well known Gyeongbokgung palace last weekend!! Unfortunately, I only visited for one minute because it closed at 5pm. I was able to capture a few pictures, and than walked around with my friends to see a beautiful Christmas lights exhibition before making our way to Insadong for some Indian food. To finish off the day, we watched an amazing...

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I attended a national farewell for our teaching program last weekend for 2 nights 3 days that took us to tourist places all over Seoul and gave us a chance to have a reunion with friends with met at orientation and socialize with them because we were all placed in different provinces. Me and my bestie were obviously roommates and I was so...

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On a sunny and slightly chilly Saturday on December 12th, I crossed off my of my lifetime bucket lists- visiting the border between North and South Korea. This trip was extremely meaningful to me because I have done years of extensive research, watched many North Korean documentaries, and have followed the human rights issues there for an extended period of time. It always...

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