Ganggyeong
Ganggyeong-eup was an important colonial river port during the Japanese occupation. As industrialization swept the peninsula in the 1960s andContinue Reading
Tag: 1940s
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
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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
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Dong-gu OverviewChoryang was a fishing village, which was reportedly ‘“difficult to walk about in the fishing season because of itsContinue Reading
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Seo-gu In the early 1900s, the West New Town project that was developed inside present day Seo-gu and part ofContinue Reading
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