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363-05911 to 363-05915.pdf
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-05911 to 363-05915
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Title
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Article about Korean tourism
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Description
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Article by Beverly Keever for the AP about what Westerners could expect from Korean tourism
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Transcript
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Beverly Deepe
% Associated Press
Room 105 Mercury Building
Robinson Road
Singapore
Page 1
790 words
SEOUL Korea lacks the thriving tourist commercialism,
brassy entertainments, presumptuous attractions and "modernism"
of its immediate neighbors of Japan and Hong Kong.
But "The Land of the Morning Calm" has its own merits.
The beauties of Korea lie in the natural scenery, traditional
way of life in the countryside and the adventures of visiting
the "peace center" of Panmunjon and historical sites like Kyongju.
For a five-day visit to Korea, the American traveler
might leave the tired metropolitan areas to visit one of the
40,000 farm villages for a first-hand view of a way of life
unchanged through the centuries. Here the heart of the nation,
with 62 of the population engaged in farming, can be seen in
action.
The trip will take the visitor through stubby, balding
mountains, past intensely cultivated valleys terraced in perfect
symmetry and past the farmers' U-shaped houses enclosed by high
clay walls.
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Deepe
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In the busy months, farmers and their wives diligently
irrigate their precious "wet" rice paddies and cultivate their
tobacco and vegetables with methodically-moving oxen or short-
handled hoes.
One might visit the village on market day, when merchants
gather to disply their colorful array of dried fish, brilliant
silks and baskets of red, pink and biege grains. Flocking
around the visitor will be small children holding their mothers'
billowing skirts while sedate gentà emen in baggy trousers, long
white coats and high stovepipe hate made of stiff horsehair sit
outside the houses quietly smoking their slender pipes.
In the larger cities, one would delight in staying
overnight in a typical Korean inn, sleeping on a "portable"
mattress placed on the floor underneath which a series of
flues supplies the ohly heat in the room during the chilly fall
days.
The visitor will be served "kimchi", a highly spiced
dish, or "pulgogi", marinated strips of beef and vegetables
cooked over a spitting charcoal brazier at the table.
In visiting the areas outside Seoul, the visitor
must drink only boiled water or carry his own supply of water
purifiers. Milk and Korean-made soda should also be avoided, but
Korean-canned Coca Cola, available almost everywhere, is safe.
(More)
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In the southern part of the country, two places are
highly recommended. Foreigners who have lived in Korea for years
testify that Chejudo, a subtropical island 60 miles off the
southern tip of the country, is one of the most delightful
spots. It may be resohed by domestic airlines or by ships from
Puban.
The city of Kyongju, several hours by bus from Pusan,
is spoken of by the Korean with reverence. Capital of the
Silla Dynasty, which unified the country in 668 A. D. by
crushing the Paikje and Koguryo kingdoms, Kyongju represents
/ Korean
are pure/Korean culture than the other two kingdomesinfluenced
by their proximity to Japan and China.
More than a day-ful of historical sites are within
easy reach of Kyongju, such as the enormous mound-like tombs
of ancient royalty; the Chomsongdae, the oldest observatory
in the Orient; and the well-repaired Pulguksa Temple with its
massive gates and brilliant-painted houses of Buddhist worship.
For those with the energy and a fascination for mountain
hiking, an hour's jaunt towards Mt. Tohamim to view the
Sukkulam is exhilarating. A stone cavern temple, the Sukkulam
houses an exquisite off-white granite Buddha, surrounded by 15
Buddhist images engraved on the encompassing wall.
That many elderly Koreans with canes and walking sticks
undertake the climb attests to their appreciation for what they
consider to be the highlight of a visit to Kyongju.
A Buddhist monk with brown-rimmed glasses said that
according to legend the cavern
was built by a monk who worked
from midnight to 3 a.m. for 20 years so no creature could, seg
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In Seoul, the travelor might visit the ancient palaces
of Duksoo, Changduk and Changgyongwon with its many-flowered
Secret Garden. Also worth visiting, expecially for dinner, is
Korea House, a government-operated institution illustrating Korean
architecture, garden design, music and classical dancing.
One and a half hours from Seoul lies Panmunjon, the
negotiating center for the United Nations and the North Korean
representatives. Passes, which are essential for traveling
through the area, may be obtained from the Korean Tourist Bureau
or the United Nations Command.
units is
The drive to Panmunjon through scenic mountains and near
the camps of the only U. S. division in the world now facing armed
in its af rewarding. But the drama of seeing the
"enemy" territory across the line and viewing the negotiating
sessions is a lesson which can be learned only from this
battered country just hours away from the dazzling cities of.
the Orient.
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Captions
Photographs are numbered on the back. With negatives.
Pix la Farmers from a nearby village cooperate in
a dem-building project to bolster irrigation in the area.
Pix 2: A typical Korean farmer with flowing white
coat and baggy trousers tied at the ankles walks towards
his home in a small village.
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Date
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1961
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Subject
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International travel; Tourism; Tourism--Korea (South)
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Location
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Singapore, Singapore
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Coordinates
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1.3408; 103.8303
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B174, F2
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
