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’s Hanok Island: Unhyeongung Royal Residence and Ikseon-dong

[box_dark] Seoul’s Hanok Island Unhyeongung Royal Residence and Ikseon-dong | 운현궁과 익선동 [/box_dark] Written by Robert J. Fouser Photographed by Robert Koehler   Seoul is full of surprises in the most unlikely…
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Unhyeongung Palace

  Unhyeongung Palace | 운현궁 Unhyeongung Palace is not, technically speaking, a palace at all, but rather a grand mansion that was originally the home of Heungseon Daewongun (1821–1898), the arch-conservative prince…