Korea, East Asia (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"Industrialized countries now include India and Korea and Japan, of course."

"JAPANESE WAR. “Hung Ts’a-k’iu, who set out overland viâ Corea and Tsushima in 1281, is much more likely than Fan Wên-hu to be Von-sain-chin (probably a misprint for chiu), for the same reason Vo-cim stands for Yung-ch’ang, and sa for sha, ch’a, ts’a, etc."

"…he stayed in Korea until the Russo-Japanese War drove him out."

"He survived another near-death experience under a Chinese human‐wave attack in Korea."

"Indochina did fall to communism, but look what we saved: Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Japan. These countries are our bulwark against the communist tide. Let us not forget your Philippines, said Dr. Hedd. Or Indonesia. Absolutely."

"…wash it down with a bottle of milky soju, all while beating the pants off the K-town regulars at their own drinking games, dropping some of his passable Korean (mostly curse words) in the process."

"…to give thanks to the late-night joints in Koreatown."