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Posts Tagged ‘foreigners’

travel diary – day 295

day 291 – i got another early start and headed to kl central station. i bought a flight to kota kinabalu and a return train ticket to singapore. it was a busy morning, so i raced back to my hotel and checked out. i stored my bag and returned to the train station to make [...]

travel diary – day 175

day 171 – today it rained all day. i’d been spending a lot of money in china, so i decided to stay at the hotel. i chatted online and played chess all day. day 172 – i packed, checked out of the hotel and went with hokuto to catch our flight to lhasa. customs and [...]

travel diary – day 160

day 156 – today was the last day on the island, and i had to leave early. after breakfast we checked out and were met by a boat which would take us to halong bay. we crossed cat ba island and ended up on a chinese style ‘junk’ which would be home for the final [...]

travel diary – day 150

day 146 – today i did the full day plain of jars tour. the tour started in the morning with a look at site one. there are three sites in total. site one also consisted of a lecture regarding the rules for wandering around the plain of jars. normally, i’m not one for listening to [...]

travel diary – day 145

day 141 – i woke up with a headache caused by sleeping for so long. i was feeling weary from the long bus trip and the previous night’s sleep. i walked along the riverfront and got some breakfast, after which i booked a ticket to vang vieng. i met the british girls after lunch. they [...]

travel diary – day 120

day 116 – i met the german girls (eva and annika) for breakfast. they were catching the early bus to phnom penh. i said goodbye and we made arrangements to meet in phnom penh later that night, since i was catching the bus at 1pm. i rented a bicycle and rode out to angkor wat [...]

travel diary day 9

day 6 – my ‘tour of agra’ turned out to be another overpriced rort. while i did go to the taj mahal, baby taj and the agra fort, the guide wanted to do a “cultural tour” which would have certainly involved going to all of his friend’s shops. we went to the moon garden, previously [...]

foreigners used to improve birth rates

The Korea Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation (한국정책학회) , acting in support of the elections commission, asked the seven major presidential candidates their views on proper policy for foreigners who wish to emigrate to Korea. They were asked first if and why they they look positively on foreigners immigrating to and settling in Korea, [...]