16 May 2009, Posted by Matt in Food & Drink, Jeolla, Nature, 0 Comments
Ddangkkeut: The End of the Earth
Korea’s national anthem describes a country that is the length of 3,000-ri (리). Translated into the metric system, 3,000 ri is roughly 120 kilometers, which is pretty darn close to the actual distance of the peninsula from its northern border with China to its southern-most tip in the South Sea.
This southern tip is called Ddangkkeut (땅끝) or Tomal (토말), both of which mean “edge of the land”, and it’s where the Korean peninsula ends and the ocean begins. Beyond this point the sea is broken only by the hundreds of picturesque islands that dot Korea’s southern coastline.
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