 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Seoul searching South Korea evolves as a tourist destination.(Going Places)
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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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January 30, 2005| Author:
Todd, Gail
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Byline: Gail Todd Daily Herald Correspondent
"You're only going to Seoul, South Korea? You're not visiting Japan or China?" asked my neighbor, who could not imagine why anyone would go to Seoul except to change planes.
I knew what she meant.
South Korea had not been on my short list. Periodic news stories about the tensions between North Korea and South Korea and skirmishes at Panmunjeom and the DMZ left me a bit uneasy. Still, or perhaps because o...