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[KOREA ENCOUNTERS] Tracing southwestern Seoul's underappreciated history
During the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom, present-day Gangseo District, Seoul's westernmost district, was known as Yangcheon Prefecture. All that remains of the complex from which the magistrate ruled, however, is its “hyanggyo,” or Confucian school and temple.
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