Wartime Korea… in color

Hat tip to Antti (via GI Korea) for linking to these amazing color photographs of Korea taken during the Korean War by Gwak Hong, a Korean-American who served as a U.S. Marine medic during the conflict.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on June 28, 2006 at 7:00 pm, filed under Korean History, Photos of Korea. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

8 Comments

  1. The_William_G your flag
    Posted June 28, 2006 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    Great pics! I think that sidewalk is still there.

  2. seouldout your flag
    Posted June 28, 2006 at 10:53 pm | Permalink

    A nice looking place the Japanese built.

  3. R. Elgin your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 2:07 am | Permalink

    The photos are quite good. Thanks Robert and Antti for the link.

  4. Plunge your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 2:18 am | Permalink

    Those are truly amazing photos, I would love to see more.

  5. sewing your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 3:13 am | Permalink

    Wow. Those photos area great. Ditto that it would be nice to see more where those came from. Thanks, Robert (via GI Korea, via Antti) for the link.

  6. Sonagi your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 5:05 am | Permalink

    Thanks for sharing the link. The most impressive among the photos were the shot of the back of Seoul Station with Namdaemun in the distance and the children in their New Year’s garb outside the village of straw-roofed huts.

  7. Anton your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 1:55 pm | Permalink

    Strange seeing pictures of a Seoul not littered with barbershop poles.

  8. Shenzhen Whitey your flag
    Posted June 29, 2006 at 3:55 pm | Permalink

    the color quality in those photos is great, not to mention a nice look into the past.

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