One of the better photo points along the Hangang River is Yongbongjeong Park in Heukseok-dong. Heukseok-dong is an older neiborhood built on a hillside on the south bank of the Hangang River, and if you’ve got time, it’s worth walking about. At the top of the hill is a small park with a wood observation [...]
“Saetgang” refers to a branch of a river that flows around an island and rejoins the main body of the river downstream. Although one sometimes forgets this, Yeouido — Seoul’s financial district, often liked to New York’s Manhattan — is an island, separated from Yeongdeungpo by just such a saetgang. For a while, this marshy [...]