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
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Auguste Joseph Salabelle: Gojong’s Little-Known French Architect (1888-1891)
UPDATE – October 12, 2019: This essay is now better described as a collaborative text, having been updated with contentContinue Reading
Real Estate in Early Modern Korea (1884-1910)
Land and property ownership in Korea between the 1880s-1900s was somewhat chaotic. Due in part to locals’ unpreparedness, the situationContinue Reading
Yeosu
Situated in the middle of Korea’s southern coastline, the micro-peninsula of Yeosu was heavily influenced by Japanese settlers and WesternContinue 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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Gangseo-gu In 1927, socialist writer Cho Myeong-hui described the Nakdong River as being “the mother’s milk of many lives” inContinue 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 Overview Choryang was a fishing village, which was reportedly ‘“difficult to walk about in the fishing season because ofContinue Reading
Busan (3)
Jung-gu Present day Jung-gu roughly occupies what was the exclusive Japanese concession in Busan. (This included Nampo-dong, which got itsContinue Reading
Busan (2)
Yeongdo After the port’s opening in 1876, the lands in the northern part of the island of Yeongdo, formerly knownContinue Reading
Busan (1)
A Word About Busan and the Events Surrounding Its Opening (1850-1876) Prior to the city’s official naming in 1910, theContinue Reading
Daegu (2)
Jung-gu Continued… Namsan-dong About a block south of Seomun Market Station (Exit 3) on the Green Line is Namsan ElementaryContinue Reading
Daegu (1)
Any discourse on the colonial modernization of Daegu must be centered around the construction of Daegu Station and the dismantlingContinue Reading
Daejeon (2)
Jung-gu As the railway fostered development around Daejeon Station and Jung-dong, the city also expanded west into modern day Jung-gu. DaejeonContinue Reading
Daejeon (1)
Daejeon was a product of colonial modernization, becoming so important that it later replaced Gongju as the seat of powerContinue Reading
Guryongpo
Just to the east of Pohang lies the community of Guryongpo. An eup under Pohang’s jurisdiction, it was at one point theContinue Reading
Colonial Korea 