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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 [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=3524</guid>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weird Gyeongju: The Wooden Fish Knocker of Bunhwangsa (분황사) Temple</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/01/weird-gyeongju-wooden-fish-knocker-of-bunhwangsa-temple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the few architectural structures left standing from the Silla Dynasty, Bunhwangsa (분황사) Temple is one of the “must see” historical sites in Gyeongju.  Built in 634 C.E. by order of the legendary Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕), Bunhwangsa is most famous for its three-tiered pagoda.  Originally built as seven or nine tiers, the pagoda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slideshow:  Autumn in Namsan-dong (남산동) Village</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/10/autumn-in-namsan-dong-village/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/10/autumn-in-namsan-dong-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=3382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To be honest the Korean urban lifestyle doesn’t really do much for me.  Sure, I sometimes miss the art and culture, the night clubs and the convenience.  But after living in London, Berlin and Barcelona, there’s really not anything new that I get out of big cities in Korea.  All it takes is a walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pictorial Timeline of Gyeongju History</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/07/a-timeline-of-gyeongju-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/07/a-timeline-of-gyeongju-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[King Munmu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Queen Seondeok]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=3221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of another project I’ve got in the works at the moment, I put together a brief timeline of the history of Gyeongju which I’m posting it here with some photos. I hope that clearly and concisely portrays the dramatic thousand year rise and fall of the Shilla Dynasty and is subsequent rediscovery and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 YouTube Videos on Gyeongju and the Shilla Dynasty</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/top-10-youtube-videos-on-gyeongju-and-the-shilla-dynasty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/top-10-youtube-videos-on-gyeongju-and-the-shilla-dynasty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emile Bell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju National Museum]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=3188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done any &#8220;Top 10&#8243; and since I&#8217;ve been busy with final exams and grades, I don&#8217;t have any proper articles ready to go this week.  Instead, I figured I&#8217;d post on the 10 best YouTube videos I could find about Gyeongju. Believe me, it was a lot harder than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choi Jae-u (최제우), Yongdamjeong Pavilion (용담정) and the Donghak Peasants Revolution (동학농민운동)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/choi-jae-u-yongdamjeong-pavilion-and-the-donghak-peasants-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/choi-jae-u-yongdamjeong-pavilion-and-the-donghak-peasants-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=3165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 19th century was a dark time for Korea (and sadly just a prelude to the horrors to come in the 20th century to come).  Korea was still a feudal agrarian society and the nobility of the Joseon Dynasty had become bloated and corrupt, exacting heavy taxes and conscripting forced labor from the peasantry.  Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off the Beaten Path:  The Standing Buddha (마애불얍성) of Mt. Maseoksan (마석산)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/06/standing-buddha-of-mtmaseoksan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden away above a small farming valley just south of Mt. Namsan, the Standing Buddha (마애불얍성) of Mt. Maseoksan  (마석산) is the epitome of “off the beaten path.”  In fact, for a long time the only reference to it I could find was a mark at the bottom of the regional map published by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum and Memorial Shrine of Patriotic Martyr Park Jae-sang (박제상 기념관)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/03/park-jae-sang-memorial-shrine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/03/park-jae-sang-memorial-shrine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ulsan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[legends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangbuseok]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking advantage of a break in the cold weather, the other weekend I piled into the car with some friends and took off to explore the mountains south of Gyeongju (not to mention my wife was putting the finishing touches on her Master’s thesis and needed me out of the house).  I’d managed to score [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Taekwondo World Championships (세계태권도선수권 대회)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/03/2011-taekwondo-world-championships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/03/2011-taekwondo-world-championships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent visitors to Gyeongju might be a bit befuddled by the flashy banners hung all over town proclaiming “2011 Gyeongju WTF!”  No, this is not another misguided English marketing slogan sponsored by the Gyeongju Tourism Board (“Historopia” anyone?).  And if you stop sniggering for a minute, I’ll be happy to explain.  This spring Gyeongju is [...]]]></description>
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