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TICKET TO JEJU ISLAND · FANTASTIC JEJU ISLAND Must see : Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival Museum : Folklore and Natural History Museum Jeju Education Museum Jeju Independence Museum Haenyeo Museum, ... Continue reading
JEJU ISLAND | TRAVEL
Usually we talk about Korean history and we both have a fascination with ancient history - the splitting of the Han and their cousin the Hun nomadic groups and how the Han (Koreans) and the Huns (Turks) are still connected by blood and historical ... In all my years of hiking in Korea, I've only seen two special kinds of wildlife: 11 deer on Halla Mountain in Cheju Island when another friend and I were hiking a trail over the mountain and were caught in a snowstorm. Continue reading
EthnoScopes : Tracks of an Anthropologist: Behind the Blue House
The Cheju Pony originated from the Cheju Province in Korea. These native ponies are on Cheju Island off the southern coast of South Korea. It is assumed that these ponies may have been in this region since prehistoric times, however there is no solid evidence to support this. The Mongolians presided over Cheju Island during the Korya dynasty and it is noted that they imported over 160 breeding horses to improve the local native ponies. This island produced many horses during the Koryo and Choson dynasties and exported them to the Korean and China mainland. Many of the native ponies were also exported for crossbreeding with other breeds.
