Comments on: Mt. Baekdu photo essay — MUST READ!!!! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/#comment-21057 Kushibo Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:40:10 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1882#comment-21057 Pictures of Paektusan remind me of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. If a film company ever got the idea of making a movie with Paektusan as a backdrop, Crater Lake could make a good stand-in. Those North Koreans waving at the Southerners look healthy and happy. I guess that's because they live close enough to the border that they can cross into China and get food. Pictures of Paektusan remind me of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. If a film company ever got the idea of making a movie with Paektusan as a backdrop, Crater Lake could make a good stand-in.

Those North Koreans waving at the Southerners look healthy and happy. I guess that’s because they live close enough to the border that they can cross into China and get food.

]]> By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/#comment-21056 Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) Fri, 05 Aug 2005 09:48:31 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1882#comment-21056 (Of course, I'm sure maps published in the North also don't show the DMZ...perhaps there are photos of Halla-san on Jeju-do in North Korean government buildings?) (Of course, I’m sure maps published in the North also don’t show the DMZ…perhaps there are photos of Halla-san on Jeju-do in North Korean government buildings?)

]]> By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/#comment-21055 Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) Fri, 05 Aug 2005 09:47:13 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1882#comment-21055 Whoah, hey! You've got a preview function! Whoah, hey! You’ve got a preview function!

]]> By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/#comment-21054 Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) Fri, 05 Aug 2005 09:44:55 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1882#comment-21054 What's interesting is the prevalence of photos of ??? (????; the Lake of Heaven) in South Korean government buildingslike the enormous mural of it in the Myeongdong Post Office. I guess it's a subtle (not so subtle?) assertion of the ROK's borders extending all the way north to the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsulalike maps published in South that don't show the DMZ, and show the pre-1945 (or sometimes pre-1895) provinces north of the magically non-existent DMZ. What’s interesting is the prevalence of photos of ??? (????; the Lake of Heaven) in South Korean government buildingslike the enormous mural of it in the Myeongdong Post Office. I guess it’s a subtle (not so subtle?) assertion of the ROK’s borders extending all the way north to the highest mountain on the Korean Peninsulalike maps published in South that don’t show the DMZ, and show the pre-1945 (or sometimes pre-1895) provinces north of the magically non-existent DMZ.

]]> By: ddongjip http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/05/mt-baekdu-photo-essay-must-read/#comment-21053 ddongjip Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:49:07 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1882#comment-21053 Wow, some of those pics are beautiful. Must add it on to my ever expanding list of places to visit. Wow, some of those pics are beautiful. Must add it on to my ever expanding list of places to visit.

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