Seoul – Seoul & Slow

My Mother’s Table: A Slow Return to Maljukgeori

말죽거리, 엄마의 밥상 — 그리고 느린 하루 Until not so long ago, the place where I grew up was still called by its old, affectionate name — Maljukgeori. When we first moved here in 1982, I watched a cow amble along the small hill behind our house and was half-convinced we had moved to theContinue reading “My Mother’s Table: A Slow Return to Maljukgeori”

A Riverside Pause: The Han River from Eungbongsan

봄날의 꽃피듯이 — 응봉산에서 바라본 한강 There is a hill in the middle of Seoul where the whole city seems to exhale. From the top of Eungbongsan, the Han River opens wide beneath a cloudless May sky, and for a moment the fastest city in the world holds perfectly still. 서울 한복판에, 도시 전체가 숨을Continue reading “A Riverside Pause: The Han River from Eungbongsan”