Seoul Travel

The Place Where Korea’s Kings Still “Live” After Death(JONGMYO)

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JONGMYO

1. I have a bone-chilling, unapologetic obsession with the eerie, dead-silent interior of this UNESCO World Heritage site dropped right in the middle of Jongno.

2. While countless guidebooks call this place a grand ancestral shrine of the Joseon royal …

Gwangjang Market Underground Rhapsody: Secrets of Capital’s Mega-Market

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GWANGJANG MARKET

1. I have a fierce, unapologetic obsession with the raw, unfiltered smell of capital that oozes out of gritty, antique traditional markets.

2. While countless foreign media outlets call Gwangjang Market a culinary sanctuary, through the cynical eyes of someone …

The Railway Station That Connected Two Koreas — Before the Country Was Divided

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  1. If buildings had memories, this red-brick structure would hold every single scream and cheer of modern Korean history.
  2. It was once the beating heart of a massive railway network that pierced through the Korean peninsula and stretched across the Eurasian
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The Mud, the Megastructure, and the Magic: How Lotte Conquered Jamsil’s Haunted Waters.(Lotte World) 

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LotteWorld
  1. I find myself far more drawn to the hidden architectural ambitions and transformed geography beneath a destination than to any generic entry in a standard travel guidebook.
  2. Having run an inbound travel business guiding countless foreign visitors through Jamsil, I
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