I had a bit of time Sunday evening, so I went down to Dongdaemun to shoot the landmark (and newly restored) Heunginjimun Gate, Seoul’s old eastern entrance. I’d originally wanted to photograph it from the other side, but the buildings I wanted to climb were locked. Alas. I also left my hat on the roof [...]

Better known as Dongdaemun (“Great East Gate”), Heunginjimun (“Gate of Rising Benevolence”) served, like the common name suggests, as the eastern entrance to Seoul throughout the Joseon Dynasty (1392—1910). The original gate was built in 1396, when the city walls were first erected. The current structure, meanwhile, dates from an 1869 reconstruction under King Gojong. [...]