The Life and Times of Harry Chang: Builders in Early Modern Korea (1880s-1910s)
At the turn of the twentieth century, Seoul was filled with a variety of contractors and craftsmen from abroad. TheContinue Reading
Tag: 1900s
Gampo
Korea’s eastern coastline is home to a number of port villages that were developed by migrant Japanese settlers during theContinue Reading
Ganggyeong
Ganggyeong-eup was an important colonial river port during the Japanese occupation. As industrialization swept the peninsula in the 1960s andContinue Reading
Ulsan
Perhaps no other city in Korea has seen as much change in architecture and infrastructure as Ulsan, for only oneContinue Reading
Masan
Masan was a small agricultural and fishing village when it opened to foreign trade on May 1st, 1899. Though itsContinue Reading
Cheongdo
Cheongdo The county of Cheongdo (Cheongdo-gun) was named centuries before Korea’s early modern period back in 1343. Its modern administrativeContinue Reading
Busan (6)
Nam-gu The majority of the hill houses in Uam-dong and Munhyeon-dong appear to be from the 1960s, with perhaps a handfulContinue Reading
Busan (5)
Dong-gu Overview Choryang was a fishing village, which was reportedly ‘“difficult to walk about in the fishing season because ofContinue Reading
Busan (4)
Seo-gu In the early 1900s, the West New Town project that was developed inside present day Seo-gu and part ofContinue Reading
Colonial Korea 