3411 - Seoul, South Korea

Myeong-dong 명동 is a neighbourhood of Seoul. It is one of Seoul's main shopping, parade route, and tourism districts. There are about 3400 people that live in this district.

The Myeongdong Cathedral is a popular tourist attraction here. It's actual name is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception 천주교 서울대교구 주교좌 명동대성당. It is the national cathedral of the Archiocese of Seoul. The Archbishop of Seoul is Peter Chung-Soon
taick 정순택 베드로. The Myeongdong Cathedral was started in 1892 and construction was complete by 1898. In August of 2014, Pope Francis presided over the Holy Mass at the Cathedral that was attended by former Korean President Park Geun Hye and seven comfort women who had survived the Japanese occupation of Korea in World War II. Comfort women were women forced into sexual servitude to Japanese soldiers.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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