• Issue
  • Nov 01, 2011

Dispatch: Seoul

Skyline of Seoul. Photo by Olivier Krischer for ArtAsiaPacific.

The modern image of Seoul belies a complex history of colonialism, war, reconstruction, military government and rapid industrialization. Successive renewals of Seoul’s urban fabric since the 1960s have meant significant tracts of the city have quickly disappeared, becoming the stuff of memory, and sometimes leading to a sense of anxiety for its inhabitants.


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