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Sonya Thomas

Sonya Thomas is a Competitive Eater. In 2005, She Held 22 World Titles at a Bodyweight of 99lbs and Defeated Elite Male and Female Competitors Who were Twice Her Size.

Competitive eating, often known as speed eating, is an activity in which people compete to consume enormous amounts of food in a short period. Contests normally run eight to ten minutes, while some can continue up to thirty minutes, with the individual who consumes the most food being named the winner. Competitive eating is particularly […]

Sonya Thomas is a Competitive Eater. In 2005, She Held 22 World Titles at a Bodyweight of 99lbs and Defeated Elite Male and Female Competitors Who were Twice Her Size. Read More »

Korean Passport

Ordinary South Koreans Could Not Get a Passport and Travel Abroad Until 1989. Until 1992, South Koreans Who Wanted to Travel Abroad Still Had to Go Through Anti-Communist Education.

South Korea is a 51 million-person East Asian country located on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, bordering the East Sea and the Yellow Sea. But did you know that until the dictatorship ended, ordinary South Korean citizens could not travel abroad? Ordinary South Korean citizens could not obtain a passport and travel abroad

Ordinary South Koreans Could Not Get a Passport and Travel Abroad Until 1989. Until 1992, South Koreans Who Wanted to Travel Abroad Still Had to Go Through Anti-Communist Education. Read More »

South Korean Gold

Why Did South Koreans Give Up Their Gold in 1998?

The Republic of Korea is an East Asian country that occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares a land border with North Korea. The Yellow Sea forms its western border, while the Sea of Japan forms its eastern border. The country has a population of 51 million people. Roughly half of them

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Many Chinese medical tourists who go to South Korea for inexpensive and high quality plastic surgery have difficulty re-entering China due to their passports photos not matching their new face post op.

How South Korean Plastic Surgeons Make Passport Photos Worthless South Korean plastic surgeons, it appears, are good at their jobs. But they might be too good for some customs officials. Increasingly, people in neighboring countries like China or Japan visit South Korea to have work done. But when they’re ready to go home, they might

Many Chinese medical tourists who go to South Korea for inexpensive and high quality plastic surgery have difficulty re-entering China due to their passports photos not matching their new face post op. Read More »

Korean War Veteran

The S. Korean gov. has a program that helps pay for US Korean War vets to visit the locations where they fought 70 years ago

Korean War Vets Eligible for Free Return Tour The Republic of Korea is footing the bill for Korean War veterans and their family members to visit South Korea in thanks for their service. The Korean Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs administers the program, which began in 1975. It pays for vets’ ground transportation, lodging

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The founder of Hyundai was born to an impoverished family of peasants in what is now North Korea. In 1998, he sent 1001 cows to his hometown in North Korea as a repayment 1000 times over for a cow that he stole in the early 1930s to afford his train ticket to Seoul and escape from poverty.

Chung Ju-yung This is a Korean name; the family name is Chung. Chung Ju-yung or Jung Joo-young (November 25, 1915 – March 21, 2001), was a South Korean entrepreneur, businessman and the founder of Hyundai Groups of South Korea. Raised as the eldest son of a poor Korean farmer, he became the richest man in

The founder of Hyundai was born to an impoverished family of peasants in what is now North Korea. In 1998, he sent 1001 cows to his hometown in North Korea as a repayment 1000 times over for a cow that he stole in the early 1930s to afford his train ticket to Seoul and escape from poverty. Read More »