(Editor’s Note: Photos by Joshua Davies.) Symmetry. Seokchon possesses so much of it that it often feels as if you could fold the neighborhood over on itself just about any which way and its halves would fit snugly together with a satisfying little click. Each of the four quadrants that the area’s two main roads…
Editor’s Note: The uncertainties of expat life have struck again, and Joshua has found himself whisked off to Hong Kong, meaning that there’s once more a change in photographers here at Seoul Sub→urban. One more post with Joshua’s work will be coming up – along with a couple from Merissa – but now I’d like to…
Editor’s Note: With a new photographer coming on board, we’re taking the opportunity to experiment with a new layout. We’d appreciate some feedback, so let us know what you think, either in the comments thread or on Seoul Sub→urban’s Facebook page. Thanks! And now, I’ll let Joshua introduce himself… New photographer’s note: Hi, my name’s Joshua.…
The most important feature in the Cheonho neighborhood is also the one you’d be most likely to walk past without noticing. Just outside of Exit 10 is an earthen mound, about ten feet high, un-mowed and partly covered in a plant with tiny white blossoms. It looks as if it might be a covered landfill…
If you’ve eaten in a restaurant today, odds are some of your meal came from Garak Market (가락시장). This is where many of Seoul’s restaurateurs come to restock their kitchens. Cheaper and fresher and bigger than just about anywhere else in the city, it’s the mother of all markets. Let’s start with the numbers. Korea’s…
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