Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
The Gwangju International Center (GIC) successfully organized the 2022 Gwangju International Community Week this October. Starting from Tuesday, October 11, when the GIC held Culture Night featuring four regions in the world, to that weekend’s Global Gwangju event at the Asia Culture Center, it was hard work for all involved, but it was also considered a job well done!
Gyeongbokgung, which means “palace blessed by Heaven,” really impressed us with its beauty and size. The palace gives astonishing views of the modernity of dynamic Seoul, mixing old and new times together. It really gives a special feeling when you see people walking around the palace wearing hanbok.
Aesthetically pleasing churches are among the rarest structures to find abandoned.
In the back of each were deep drill holes that likely would have been stuffed with dynamite and blasted away had WWII not ended. Apparently, fearing an American invasion, the Japanese forced local Koreans to make tunnels along coastal areas like Mokpo that could provide shelter, munitions storage, and surprise hideouts in case of enemy attack.
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