Saturday, August 15, 2009

광복인 오늘

Today is the Independence Day of Korea (광복절, 光復節) but it feels just like another Saturday. No celebration, no fireworks.

Although this public holiday falls on a Saturday, it is a law here that people are not compensated with another weekday off. As such, next week will still be a full 5-day work week.

I spent my afternoon today at Jonggak's Yeongpung Bookstore. I bought two novels which will go into the box to be sent home.

The two novels which I bought at Yeongpung Bookstore.


There was some musical performance at the Seoul Plaza in the evening. It is not a performance meant to celebrate 광복절 but an on-going cultural performance at the plaza. The lawn at the plaza was warm after a very hot day.

Musical performance at the Seoul Plaza.

People queuing up to loan a seat cushion for the performance.

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