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[Korea Encounters] Korea enters 'highway age' 50 years ago Posted : 2021-02-23 17:19 Updated : 2021-02-23 19:31 Cars drive on the Gyeongin Expressway connecting Seoul and Incheon, published in The Korea Times April 9, 1970. / Korea Times Archive By Matt VanVolkenburg In 1968, Korea entered a new era by building something that both reflected and would contribute to its growing economy: expressways. Construction on a freeway connecting Incheon to Seoul began in March 1967, but the great goal of President Park Chung-hee was to build an expressway connecting Seoul an...