Comments on: Wonhyoro Catholic Church and Yongsan Seminary

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By: NathanB

NathanB — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:47:56 +0000

Absolutely stunning photographs, Robert. I’m very glad you also took the time to go inside the churches and take pictures there.

By: Eye4Insanity

Eye4Insanity — Thu, 03 May 2007 05:33:17 +0000

Have you ever been to the St.John's Cathedral in Bundang? I made a trip there last week end, lot's of interesting things to look at, well worth the visit.

By: The Western Confucian

The Western Confucian — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:48:06 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, Robert. I often forget that cardinal rule.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:19:17 +0000

Don’t feed the troll, Joshua.

By: The Western Confucian

The Western Confucian — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:12:59 +0000

Re: “steeple of imperialism”

It should be remembered that Korea, perhaps unique in Church history, self-evangelized.

Saint Kim Dae-geon brought the Faith back from China.

By: sewing

sewing — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:23:25 +0000

“Is the sky being photoshopped?”

Ha ha ha!

I remember on my first trip to Seoul in 1997, the first day I was there, it was hazy with that disctinctive rotten-egg smell (or however it should be described) in the air—I didn’t let it get me down, though, and I still loved my brief time there. On my way back to Canada, when I passed through Seoul, there had been a rainshower (it was at the beginning of the jangma season) and the sky was blue—quite a difference it was!

On all my various trips to Seoul since then, I have never seen it quite so bad as that first time. On the other hand, the sky has often seemed noticeably bluer in the Provinces.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:07:21 +0000

It was that clear/blue all this past weekend!
I took lovely azure-sky shots at Bukhan-san NP…
Happens often enuff — Seoul’s air is much better than before.

By: stevekim

stevekim — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:02:38 +0000

Is the sky being photoshopped? I have not been to Korea since 2001 and I don’t remember the sky ever being that clear/blue. The sky was a gray/brown haze everyday when I was there …