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The Korean peninsula is located in the very East of Asia
between North China and Japan. Its divided into the
communist "Democratic Peoples Republic" in the
North and the Southern democratic "Republik of
Korea".
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Anybody who wants to
learn Korean should visit the Sogang University
Homepage. They have a free and comprehensive Online
learning program 
which gives you the basics or destroys your will of
learning this difficult Asian language.
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A good overview and travel
informationcan is been provided by the Korea National Tourist Organization:
> KNTO
The
official site of the Metroplitan Government, a good
example for public information. Including a digital
citymap, very good. The homepage of the Korean
government isn't a bit less promising.
> Homepage
Seoul
> Homepage
Korea
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Now its all over. 1 year is still too fast.
From August 2000 to August 2001 I was living in South Korea. I
studied at the Sogang
University ,
a private Jesuit-College. The university is
located in the capital of Seoul which has about 12 million inhabitants
(a lot for a countryboy like me). I was curious about Korea because all
I knew about it was that it is divided like Germany has been, and that
the Olympic Games have been there in 1988, just like the Soccer World
Championships will be hold in 2002.
At university I visited the Graduate School
of International Studies where I took the following courses:
> International Business,
> Korean Economy,
> Digital Economy,
> International Economic Analysis,
> International Negotiation and
> Corporate Finance.
Moreover I tried to learn the language,
taking a course at the Seoul Citizen College and by using basic
vocabulary in daily life. At least I learned to read it.
Everything here is so interesting and
different from home, the university, the teaching methods, the people,
the city, the food, the living...
That's the reason why I chose Asia as my exchange country, because I
will make experiences which I will never forget my entire life and which
open a new horizon, a new way to look at things.
During the winter break I travelled to the
tropical Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, in the summer break I
visited Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. This was another experience. I
didnt knew before that Asia is so different in its parts.
In this section you can find two more areas, the diary and the
photogalery. Even if the description to the photos are in German you can
catch a glimpse of Korea by looking at them.
Moreover you can download here my presentation about the Korea stay I
held at my university together with Marc and Feli. Its converted
into Adobe PDF files, for which you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Most
have it already, but in case you can get it for free by clicking on
the button.
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