Hadong and Gurye

  Countryside charms and nature's beauty await along the banks of the Seomjingang River   Gazing southeast, the sun rises slowly but surely over the horizon. The Seomjingang River’s pristine waters reflect the morning light…

Old Is New Again

Young entrepreneurs use old buildings to give Seoul new life   “Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration,…
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SEOUL Weekly: Seoul Selection Guides Set: Seoul & Korea

March 27, 2013 / Issue No. 573 Looking for Writers We are looking for writers to pen the Korea Essential 2013 series, a cooperative project between the Korea Foundation…
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Byeonsanbando National Park

 
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Tongyeong

[box_dark] Tongyeong | 통영 Meeting spring early in the “Naples of Korea” Written by Bobby McGill Photographed by Ryu Seunghoo [/box_dark]     Situated on the small , mountainous Goseong Peninsula at…
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National Museum of Art, Deoksugung

    [box_dark]National Museum of Art, Deoksugung | 덕수궁 미술관[/box_dark]   Two prominent exhibits are underway till April 21. In Memory of Landscape I Have Never Seen, a high-profile collection from the…
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Seomjingang River

  [box_dark]Seomjingang River | 섬진강[/box_dark]   Seomjingang River constitutes much of the borderline between Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do. The word seomjin literally means “toad ferry.” According to legend,…
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National Library of Korea

  National Library of Korea | 국립중앙도서관 A ten-minute walk from the bustling Express Bus Terminal and Central City shopping mall will lead you here. It houses over 7 million volumes, manuscripts, and periodicals,…
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Gurye Sansuyu Festival

  Gurye Sansuyu Festival | 구례산수유꽃축제 The winter snow has yet to melt off the high Jirisan peaks, but already the sansuyu cornel tree villages located on the foothills are painted a brilliant golden yellow.…
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Gwangyang International Maehwa Festival

  Gwangyang International Maehwa Festival | 광양국제매화축제   Head out to Gwangyang, the eastern edge of Jeollanam-do bordering the South Sea where the annual maehwa (apricot flower) festival will take place…
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Yeongdeok Blue Road

[box_dark] Yeongdeok Blue Road | 영덕 블루로드 Crabs, sunrises, and sea on Korea’s road of healing [/box_dark]   Written by Robert Koehler Photographs courtesy of Yeongdeok-gun Office   In January,…