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[Cityscapes] Counting down Seoul's last moon villages Posted : 2021-03-09 18:02 Updated : 2021-03-09 18:08 A village bus descends the steep road of Guryong Village in northwestern Seoul, June 19, 2016. / Courtesy of Ron Bandun By Ron Bandun I feel like there's been an increasing amount of articles and videos lately with sensational titles like "Seoul's last shanty town" or "Seoul's last slum." Quick, which neighborhood do you think they're all about? Chances are, you thought of Guryong Village in Seoul's southern Gangnam District. Or Baeksa Village, up in northeastern Nowon District. Bot...

Memories of 'ppira' By Choi Sung-jin When I was a little boy, I lived in Huam-dong, a hillside neighborhood of Mount Nam, Seoul. It was back in the mid-1960s when kids had little to play with, and we often went to the mountain. Yes, Mount Nam was a mountain for third graders. Mount Nam then was far better than now. It had no wire lath walls, and its valleys had water enough for some women to do the laundry. Now and then, we could pick some "ppira" there. I still don't know why people called those flyers ppira, but I guess it was the mispronunciation of the English word, "handbill."