David Kilburn

David Kilburn

David Kilburn is a British journalist who has worked in Asia since 1984 and lived in Seoul since 1988. Before that he worked in the advertising industry for many years in Europe and the Middle East a

David Kilburn
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Bukchon: Seoul's Destruction of Heritage

Gahoe-dong — “the place where beauty gathers” — was the last district in Seoul with whole streets of wood-and-tile houses, preserving the ambiance of the city a century ago. But after six hundred years at the heart of Korean cultural and social life, it has been relentlessly destroyed. Gahoe-dong is part of