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Spent our yen and back again

Okay, so we admit it. We have been less than stellar bloggers as of late. But you will just have to forgive us because, you see, we are on the home stretch of our time here in Korea. With less than two weeks left here we have been busy trip planning, packing up, saying our goodbyes to departing friends, and collecting all the necessary visas, vaccines, and malaria pills we may need for the next four months. We did, however, take a break from all the mad scrambling last week to cross the East Sea (or the Sea of Japan, depending on your perspective).

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Beijing and Beyond

It seems almost like a dream now, but nearly a month ago my parents and Nick traversed the Pacific and met us for a whirlwind tour of Beijing (and Shanghai) and Seoul. Having not seen them for 8 months, you can imagine my mom was looking forward to this trip even more than we were—and her Hilton points provided us with awkwardly luxurious accommodation throughout.

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South Korean Internet™, now with less freedom!

I’ll admit that things are much more liberal here below the 38th parallel, but it looks like South Korea may be taking a few cues from its northern neighbor when it comes to free speech. We wrote previously about the blogger who was arrested for speaking his mind on the financial crisis, but now it looks like Korean Internet regulations are forcing even the mighty Google to bend it’s “Don’t be Evil” motto.

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