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Picture of the Day: Colorful Hallasan

» by December 10th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Hallasan is a massive shield volcano which forms the bulk of Jeju Island and is often taken as representing the island itself."][/caption] Via Korea.net Flickr. more »

Is Cheju Really One of the 7 Wonders of Nature?

» by November 16th, 2011 at 9:17 am » Comments (10)

I agree with Andrew Salmon in the below article that you can't fault the Koreans for stuffing the online ballot box for this designation, but as nice a place Cheju ...more »

American Useful Idiot Arrested for Vandalism At Cheju Naval Base

» by November 7th, 2011 at 3:42 am » Comments (9)

Considering all the crazy activists already in South Korea do they really need to import loons like this from the US?: A visiting U.S. activist has been arrested on charges of ...more »

Picture of the Day: Cheju Ajusshi In 1957

» by November 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

Via Albert Hulsen. more »

Picture of the Day: Cheju Village In 1957

» by November 1st, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Via Albert Hulsen. more »

Picture of the Day: Cheju Sunset

» by October 14th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

This nice shot of a sunset on Cheju-do Island is from this posting by Chris Backe about his visit to this beautiful Korean island.  Chris has plenty of other nice ...more »

Picture of the Day: Cheju Farming

» by September 20th, 2011 at 1:13 pm » Comments (0)

Via Yann Arthus Bertrand. more »

China Critical of Cheju Naval Base

» by September 9th, 2011 at 6:16 am » Comments (15)

According to this article in the Chinese state controlled media, the Chinese should boycott traveling to Cheju because of the construction of a naval base: South Korea's Jeju Island is a ...more »

Protesters Claim Cheju Naval Base Destroying Cultural Assets

» by September 6th, 2011 at 4:19 pm » Comments (16)

This past weekend saw clashes with the riot police over the construction of the Cheju Naval Base.  As I have suspected the Korean left isn't getting much traction with the ...more »

Pro-North Korea Activists Try To Turn Cheju Naval Base Construction Into An Anti-US Issue

» by August 19th, 2011 at 4:08 pm » Comments (19)

I knew after I read this Japan Focus article that the protests over the construction of the ROK military's Cheju naval base was going to be hijacked by the usual ...more »

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