By Irina YU, journalist Seoul, Korea 27.06.2020 Updated: 01.08.2025 Gotjawal, oreum and seopjikoji - what do they have in common? Discover their meanings while taking a journey to the best of the best Korean resort destinations - Jeju island. The largest island of Korea - Jeju, where the beautiful nature and amazing culture of the locals reign, is considered the best place for a trip, which will give you a charge of vivacity and a lot of positive emotions. This wonderful corner of nature...

Some things always stay the same in Japan. In the countryside, farmers grow rice, like the farmers of hundreds of years ago. Year after year, people stop to see the beautiful blossom on the cherry trees. In a small wooden house, tea is made, and visitors watch carefully. But some things change very quickly. Better robots and newer phones! More exciting computer games! Taller buildings and faster trains! This is Japan - the old and the new together, always changing, and always the same. OLD MEETS...