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...propitious geomancy that recommended it as the seat of the Choson Dynasty in 1394. If the area's natural beauty has been neglected over the past few decades, the Seoul City Government is now making up for lost time. A visit to the new Seoul Museum of History, located downtown near the recently rebuilt Gyeonghuigung Palace, illustrates Seoul's new attitude. An in-depth (and bilingual) exhibition, "Seoul, 2002: A Vision of the City," details the new policies being implemented to both preserve and expand Seoul's natural gifts while protecting its historical heritage. What it adds...
...image of an impossibly wealthy and influential organization was one the KMT tried to foster even through its Central Headquarters building. Opened in 1998 on a prime piece of downtown Taipei real estate, the $144 million, 12-story edifice glistens with floors and walls tiled in marble imported from Spain and India. In one of the most cramped and densely populated cities in Asia, the headquarters presides over a wide, leafy boulevard, overshadowing the brick Taiwan presidential offices situated across the street?a building that was once virtually an annex of the party anyway, since a Kuomintang chairman occupied...
...March 23, Tse's black Ferrari F360 Modena crashed on Cotton Tree Drive in downtown Hong Kong. Who was at the wheel? Tse's former chauffeur Shing Kwok-ting, according to the original police report. Further investigation indicated otherwise: Tse had actually crashed the car, called Shing at home and at Shing's suggestion, Tse left the scene, allowing the chauffeur to ask the arresting officer, Lau Chi-wai, if he could "stand in" for Tse as the culprit. Shing and the officer then went to the Central Police station, where Lau asked him to fill out forms indicating that...
Much has been written concerning Mather’s hideous, Gulag-like appearance. Mather house is about as picturesque as downtown New Haven, as welcoming to students as Fenway’s bleachers to Yankee fans...
...marchers then moved into downtown Boston, joining more strikers as they passed through other UNICCO sites. Six hours later, the evening ended with a lecture on strikers’ rights and a barbecue back at Northeastern...