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Monthly Archives: July 2019

Home2019Monthly Archives: July 2019
Geumwang, Jincheon and Jeungpyeong—July 20–21, 2019

Geumwang, Jincheon and Jeungpyeong—July 20–21, 2019

Shocked if not flabbergasted to realize that I had yet to visit three small towns in the northwest corner of Chungcheongbuk Province, I set out to rectify the matter with a mid-summer excursion. Although Tropical Storm Falcon coming up from the...

July 25, 2019 Richard history, Korean travels 2 Comments
Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

May 29 is a festive holiday in Turkey. That is when people—most of them, I should say—celebrate the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, also known as Fetih or “the Conqueror”; that day culminated a long...

July 12, 2019 Richard Christian history, Turkey 3 Comments

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