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offering multicourse Korean court-style meals. The best of the center’s more casual eateries are the Indian restaurant Ganga and Sakanaya, an elaborate sushi restaurant with a revolving sushi belt. A growing trend is the coupling of fine restaurants to Seoul’s best galleries

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Ensure that you have applied for your absentee ballot using the hard copy or on-line versions of the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) form

(4) Make sure your local election official has your current mailing address.

(8) Register to vote and request your ballot in a timely manner - not later than September 2008.

When the war ended in 1945, the great majority of the people living in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula were poor peasants.

Japanese colonial regime from 1910 to 1945 had promoted modernization of the economy and society

By 1990 educational and public health standards were high, most people lived in urban areas, and a complex structure of social classes had emerged that resembled the social structures of developed Western countries or Japan. The country also was making substantial progress in its evolution from a military dictatorship similar to that of many Third World regimes to a democratic, pluralistic political system.

oting has begun across South Korea in parliamentary elections that observers say are critical to the country's economic and political future. The elections come amid now-robust economic performance, as well as on the heels of the announcement of improved ties with North Korea. Rival candidates made last-ditch appeals for votes as the world focused on the first-ever summit between the two Koreas.

Another pressing issue for Kim's 2-year-old government is the reform of South Korea's inefficient economic systems, especially its family-owned conglomerates, or chaebol. About a dozen of the conglomerates collapsed under debts in 1997, forcing South Korea to accept a record $58 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund.

President Kim has publicly said reunions of those separated family members will top the agenda. Only 50 people from each Korea were allowed to cross the border in 1985 for the first temporary family reunions. No further reunions have since been arranged because of military and political tensions. The Korean border, the world's most heavily armed, is sealed with nearly 2 million troops deployed on both sides.

If you register your trip with the State Department, you will automatically receive by e-mail any travel warnings that are in effect for the country.

For information about avian flu see the Travel & Transportation section of the official U.S. Government website on pandemic influenza athttp://pandemicflu.gov/travel/

If you're traveling to another country for the holidays, be sure to check the Consular Information Sheet for your destination. These reports are prepared by U.S. Embassies and Consulates throughout the world. They contain information about visa and entry requirements, availability of medical care, crime and security, road conditions, location of the U.S. Embassy, and much more information for every country of the world.

legacy. An almost unbelievable array of artifacts and living culture awaits your discovery. From mediations on a stone Buddha to the raucous shouts of masked dancers, it is a source of pride to share with readers

Kindergarten in Korea is not a publicly administered program. Parents send their children to private schools: most are taught in Korean, many of those have an English class, and some kindergartens are taught almost entirely in English.

How do you restore and repair a house that may be fifty to 200 years old?  As with any house in need of repair you have to ask yourself can you foot the bill or do you need a loan.  Who will do the repairs? The first thing to remember is that there are always options. Feb/04

South Korea has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons

Winters are usually long, cold, and dry, whereas summers are short, hot, and humid. Spring and autumn are pleasant but short in duration. Seoul's mean temperature in January is -5° C to - 2.5° C; in July the mean temperature is about 22.5° C to 25° C.

greeting South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung with a winning smile and a two-handed handshake -- the Korean cultural equivalent of a hug.

To  Pusan, Korea

on Sunday, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman. full story

Korea on Sunday, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman

North Korean soldier defected across the demilitarized zone and sought

MEDICAL FACILITIES AND HEALTH INFORMATION:  Hospitals in Korea are generally well-equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.  High quality general and specialty dental care is available in Seoul.  Western-style medical facilities are available in major urban areas of Seoul, Busan, Daegu, and a few other large cities.  However, not all doctors and staff in these major urban areas are proficient in English.  Most clinics in rural areas do not have an English-speaking doctor.  A list of hospitals and medical specialists who speak English is available at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul or on the Embassy's web site at http://korea.usembassy.gov/health.html.

Pharmacies are first-rate and most prescribed medications, except psychotropic medications, can be obtained with a prescription.  Travelers taking any psychotropic or controlled medications should bring a sufficient supply as well as a copy of the prescription for Korean customs clearance at the airport. Korean ambulances do not carry sophisticated medical equipment and the ambulance personnel do not have the same level of emergency medical training as in the United States.  However, ambulances operated by the fire department (dial 119) will respond very quickly and take patients to the nearest hospital.  For medical evacuation to points outside Korea, SOS International is located in Seoul (tel: 02- 3140-1902, web site: www.internationalsos.com

Information on vaccinations and other health precautions, such as safe food and water precautions and insect bite protection, may be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747) or via the CDC’s Internet site at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx.  For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad, consult the World Health Organization’s (WHO) web site at http://www.who.int/en.  Further health information for travelers is available at http://www.who.int/ith.