Mount Morak News Today

A ginger cat approaches prudently on a snow-laden side street of Uiwangs Gocheon-dong, south of Seoul, stopping and then disappearing into the vacated spaces of this liminal place, once a flourishing neighborhood now awaiting its own destruction. In the depths of winter, mid-January, broken windows, death-rattling pipes, severed wires and hazard tape tell the story of Gocheon-dong’s ponderous demise, but there is still life in this fading community, albeit one stuck in limbo.

A ginger cat approaches prudently on a snow-laden side street of Uiwangs Gocheon-dong, south of Seoul, stopping and then disappearing into the vacated spaces of this liminal place, once a flourishing neighborhood now awaiting its own destruction. In the depths of winter, mid-January, broken windows, death-rattling pipes, severed wires and hazard tape tell the story of Gocheon-dong’s ponderous demise, but there is still life in this fading community, albeit one stuck in limbo.