Culture

What a Korean practice, site or dish is, and where a visitor can go and meet it.

  1. A glowing golden hot-air balloon reading "Seoul My Soul" floats above trees at night beside illuminated high-rise skyscrapers.

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    Seoul Dal Rises 130 Meters Above Yeouido Park

    The structure is located at Yeouido Park Lawn in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

  2. Colorful pennant banners featuring a cartoon gimbap mascot line an outdoor festival area with tents and trees in the background.

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    Gimcheon Is Building a Gimbap Street Near Its Train Station

    A roughly 250-meter stretch across from Gimcheon Station is being turned into a gimbap-themed district as part of the city's effort to make its Gimbap Festival draw visitors year-round.

  3. An installation view of a gallery space with white walls covered in hundreds of small, brightly colored objects and a hanging mobile sculpture suspended from the ceiling.

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    Do Ho Suh Exhibition Opens at MMCA Seoul

    A solo show titled simply 'Do Ho Suh' brings together some 500 works spanning 30 years at the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

  4. A row of traditional Korean tile-roofed houses sits behind a low stone wall on a wooded hillside beside a paved road.

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    Gyeongsangbuk-do Independence Movement Memorial Marks 51 Years of Resistance

    The memorial, near Imcheonggak on Yeongnamsan, covers the period from the 1894 righteous army movement to liberation in 1945.