Well, hell…I just realized this post has been sitting in draft, unpublished, for five years. I guess we’ll put it up. One of my very first nights in Seoul, way back in the early days after stepping off my first Chicago – Incheon flight, was spent in the alleys of Apgujeong’s Rodeo Street, cluelessly tagging…
Gayang is a neighborhood that can pretty succinctly be summed up by saying this: It’s a good place to raise a family. You know this neighborhood. Maybe you even live here. It’s a pretty new part of town. The apartment towers and commercial buildings are clean, tidy, probably less than a couple decades old. On…
Almost any time you step onto the Korea University (고려대학교) campus, one of the sights you’re bound to see is large groups of high school students being led around by their teachers or KU student docents. They’re there to get a taste of the university life and, maybe more to the point, a bit of…
What do people do in Euljiro-3-ga? They put on suits and ties and go to work at the gleaming new glass and steel office towers that crowd around the intersection of Eulji-ro (을지로) and Samil-daero (삼일대로). Or they put on white hard hats and reflective vests and go to work building two more such towers. …
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.…
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