Not this one, by any chance:

http://nardoldol.egloos.com/2951991

That post exactly. (Sorry about my silly mistake.) How did you find it? I’ve linked to that blogger’s posts every now and then, and his blog is a good place to visit for those interested in urban space (and nostalgic about old and disappearing places).

By the way, here’s a photography report by a Korean blogger about Japanese-style houses and buildings in Yongsan.

. . . The Baekdu-daegan is believed by traditionalists of
all sorts (Buddhists, Confucianists, Shamanists,
Nationalists, Daoists and even many Christians) to
continuously feed essential life-energy throughout the
land of Korea, and thus into all its agricultural
products and spring-waters, and thus into its people.
It’s unimpeded clear flow is considered necessary for
the birth and raising of heroic and virtuous citizens,
and thus for the health, strength and prosperity of the
Korean Nation. . . This entire concept belongs to the Oriental version of the ancient and varied philosophical doctrines
known as “Vitalism” and cannot be considered fully “scientific”. It is deeply ingrained in traditional Korean culture, however, and widely accepted in current society. It is transforming from an ancient pseudo-scientific belief to a modern conception of the theoretical unity of the peninsula and nation, and the ecology of the wildest remaining areas of them.

Yes, this is one of the unique cultural beliefs I’ve noted in the Korean psyche and it is not a bad idea at all but I’ve noted some attempts by pro-NK elements to use this to promote their own brand of Korean nationalism and politics, which leads to a more sinister application of this idea (”dark side of the force”), unfortunately.
I really like this page from your site “sanshinseon”, its quite informative.

Uljin is surely a wonderful place to hang around, in any season — scenic beauty and rural charm — it would be great to spend a whole year there… Tho so isolated.

Lovely photos, again, Robert! But forgive me if i get technical on your caption for the third one — that is not “the mountains of the Baekdudaegan (Korea’s mountainous spine) in the background” — the Baekdu-daegan Line turns sharply west some 40 km west from there (Jukbyeon) — even the main ridge of the southern tail of the Taebaek-sanmaek Range (aka the Nakdong-jeongmaek Branch) runs way inland at that point — those in your shot are just a coastal sub-range of the Taebaek. Indeed “quite beautiful”, anyway. Info on where the Baekdu-daegan Line runs is here.

I was told that the branches on the boats are a Shamanistic thing.