The country was one of the poorest in the world after the 1953 Korean war, yet South Korea has enjoyed an incredible expansion and now ranks as a major economic power. Urban design and architecture reflects its dynamism.
Yet behind modern Seoul lies another Korea, once known as “The Land of the Morning Calm” where Buddhist temples awake to lantern light and tea plantations and rice fields ooze serenity.
Welcome to a lesser known Korea, full of natural wonders and a millennium old-civilization.
