{"id":4152,"date":"2012-05-19T08:51:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2012-05-19T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:51:57","slug":"new-book-dispatches-from-the-peninsula-six-years-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/19\/new-book-dispatches-from-the-peninsula-six-years-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book: Dispatches from the Peninsula: Six Years in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for my trip to South Korea next month (work related), I decided to do a little reading on my destination. At first I was looking at official travel guides, but this first hand account seemed like it might be a interesting read as well. I&#8217;ve only spent about 20 minutes reading it so far, but I&#8217;m already intrigued. Especially since the story is told from the point of view of a american male entering the country for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Dispatches-05.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dispatches-05.jpg\" alt=\"Dispatches 05\" width=\"375\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=jusanoday08-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B005IGOYHQ\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for my trip to South Korea next month (work related), I decided to do a little reading on my destination. At first I was looking at official travel guides, but this first hand account seemed like it might be a interesting read as well. I&#8217;ve only spent about 20 minutes reading it so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[194,43],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","category-travel","tag-book"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-14Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4193,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/photos-from-busan-south-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":4152,"position":0},"title":"Photos from Busan South Korea","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"June 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I really enjoyed the trip to Korea, but I'm always excited to come home. 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