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		<title>Downtown Gyeongju: Photo Slideshow Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oddly, my slideshow last month of photos exploring the grungier, funkier side of Gyeongju’s downtown has turned out to be one of the more popular posts here on Gyeongjublog (which might not be saying much, really). I&#8217;m going to keep the write up here brief, as I pretty much said all I had to say <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-2/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Review #22:  Handmade Kalguksu (손칼국수) at Kim Yu-shin’s Shrine</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/restaurant-review-handmade-kalguksu-kim-yu-shins-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kalguksu (칼국수) restaurant at General Kim Yu-shin’s memorial shrine is one of those hidden gems of Gyeongju; the operative word here being hidden.  It’s actually located in one of the side buildings of Sungmujeon (숭무전), the Confucian Shrine venerating the spirit tablet of the famed Silla general Kim Yu-shin (595~673 C.E.). The shrine itself <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/restaurant-review-handmade-kalguksu-kim-yu-shins-shrine/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Gyeongju: Photo Slideshow Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post probably won’t win me any awards from the Korean Tourism Organization, but once upon a time I was a Fine Arts student.  So after the last few weeks of beautifully blossoming cherry trees, please forgive me if I’m in the mood to post something a bit more urban and gritty.  Here’s the first <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-1/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Photos: Cherry Blossom  (벚꽃) Tunnel 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the long awaited blooming of the cherry blossoms (벚꽃) is starting to reach its peak.  Of course, this means next weekend Gyeongju and Bomun Resort will be flooded with tourists, so I’d suggest staying off the roads around here, if at all possible.  However, one stretch of road worth braving the traffic jams for <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/photos-cherry-blossom-tunnel-2012/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Spring Events: Cherry Blossoms, Miso II, Concerts and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll skip my usually apologies to my regular readers for not posting in over almost month.  Suffice to say, I’ve been swept up in the usual start-of-semester whirlwind lately.  Thankfully things are finally settling into a routine and with spring at our door step, there are a few things to catch up on. For starters, <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/03/2012-spring-events-cherry-blossoms-miso-ii-concerts-and-more/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Dangsan Namu (당산나무): KTV Documentary in 4 Parts</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/more-dangsan-namu-ktv-documentary-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we’ve been on the subject of Dangsan Namu (당산나무) lately, I posting a KTV documentary I found on Youtube about Korean Dangsan Namu.  The documentary is in 4 parts, though unfortunately only the first and second seconds have English subs.  Even so, parts 1 and 2 are enough to a give a sense of <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/more-dangsan-namu-ktv-documentary-i/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Goenka Vipassana Meditation Center Open near Gyeongju</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/new-goenka-vipassana-meditation-center-open-near-gyeongju/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks who are interested in meditation will want to know that a new center for Vipassana meditation, as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, has recently opened in Bakdal Village in the mountains south of Gyeongju.  The center is scheduled to host monthly 10 day silent meditation retreats over <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/new-goenka-vipassana-meditation-center-open-near-gyeongju/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Photos: A Dangsan Tree (당나무)  on Daeboreum (대보름)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/photos-dangsan-tree-on-daeboreum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve checked your calendar recently, you might have noticed that last Monday night was a full moon.  In fact, it was the first full moon after Seollal (설날), or Lunar New Years , here in Korea, which marks it as the holiday of Daeboreum (대보름).   Daeboreum has been traditionally celebrated with a massive bonfire <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/photos-dangsan-tree-on-daeboreum/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yeongcheon National Cemetery (국립영천호국원):  Memorial to the Fallen the Korean War</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/yeongcheon-national-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the U.S., the Korean War is often referred to as the “Forgotten War.”  It might be said then in S. Korea that it’s a war the people would like to forget, but can’t.  Looking around at all the high rise buildings, cell phone shops and internet cafes, it is difficult to imagine that <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/02/yeongcheon-national-cemetery/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gyeongju Videos on the Korean Heritage Channel</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/01/gyeongju-videos-on-the-korean-heritge-channel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The other day I was rummaging around on Youtube for videos to fill out a playlist on Gyeongjublog&#8217;s fledgling Youtube Channel and I stumbled across some amazing videos on something called the Korean Heritage Channel.  I know I use far too many superlatives on this blog already, but this channel features some of the <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/01/gyeongju-videos-on-the-korean-heritge-channel/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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