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Haeinsa  ( 해인사 , "Reflections on a Smooth Sea") is an important Buddhist temple on Gaya Mountain in Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 19th century, it is best known for its complete copy of the Buddhist scriptures, the  Tripitaka Koreana( 팔만 대장경 or  고려 대장경 )Buddhist Scriptures carved on the wood. Its still summer and I want to share a place (Haeinsa pronounce are H- IN-SA) where we used to go and definitely a place we would still be going in the next few years for our summer getaway(hahaha~)... This place is really cool even not in Summer season though what we really like about the place aside from the visiting the Buddhist Temple is the River that flows from the Top of Gaya Mountain down the place where we did camp for sometime(of course we did bring a small tent and a mat with us) after a SERIOUS WALKING,going to and from the temple. That river has really cool and clean water flowing in it,and If you ar...

The Social Integration Program (KIIP: Korea Immigration and Integration Program) is a policy to allow foreigners who wish to gain Korean citizenship easily. One main purpose of the said program is to provide support and knowledge to immigrants especially to foreigners married to korean (결혼 이민자). This program allow them to quickly adapt to the Korean culture and integrate themselves into the social and local community with ease,through smooth communication with Korean citizens. Secondly, and the biggest benefit of joining and completing this program is the Exemption from naturalization test and interview, Curtailment of naturalization review period that is giving additional points in case of changing status to F-2 (resident status for professionals) which is point-based and Exemptions from TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) when applying for permanent residence status (F-5-1). The essential part of the program is for the immigrants to socially in...