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The Han River is a major river which runs through Seoul. In the early 1960s, South Korean politicians admired what they called the "Miracle on the Rhine": the surprising postwar economic growth of West Germany, which is often called the Wirtschaftswunder ("economic miracle"). [14] [15]
Guryong Village (Korean: 구룡마을) is a shanty town in Seoul, South Korea.It is just across a six-lane motorway from Dogok-dong of the affluent Gangnam District. [1] [2] [3]
The river begins as two smaller rivers in the eastern mountains of the Korean peninsula, which then converge near Seoul. Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, is the only example of a major metropolis with such a wide river running through it; few large cities are divided by a massive river approximately 1.2 kilometers wide. [8]
This is a list cities of South Korea by population including provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included.
A town or eup is an administrative unit in South Korea; along with township (rural), a town (urban) is one of the divisions of a county, and of some cities with a population of less than 500,000. The main town or towns in a county—or the secondary town or towns within a city's territory—are designated as towns. Towns are subdivided into ...
The village is a valuable part of Korean culture because it preserves Joseon period-style architecture, folk traditions, valuable books, and an old tradition of clan-based villages. It is listed by the South Korean government with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site with Yangdong Folk Village in 2010 [2] and attract around 1 million visitors every ...
Daegu (Korean: 대구; ), formerly spelled Taegu [a] and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (대구광역시), is a city in southeastern South Korea.. Daegu is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the fourth-largest metropolitan city in the nation with over 2.3 million residents; [5] and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in ...
Daejeon (Korean: 대전; Korean: ⓘ) is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of nearly 1.5 million as of 2023. [3] [4] Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a technology and research center, and for its close relationship with the natural environment.