한국어 번역 - 클릭
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| Map showing Kahoi-dong 31-93 and 31-94 (pink shading in lower left corner). | |
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| Kahoi-dong 31-93 & 31-94, (looking South) 17 August 2010 |
Kahoi-dong 31-93 & 31-94, (looking North) 17 August 2010 |
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Kahoi-dong 31-93 and 31-94 on March 24th 2010 |
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| Kahoi-dong 31-93 and 31-94 on May 29th 2010 | |
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Kahoi-dong 31-93 & 31-94, (looking North) |
Kahoi-dong 31-93 & 31-94, (looking South) 17 August 2010 |
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| 21 August 2011 - a new 3? 4? storey building | 21 August 2011 - a new 3? 4? storey building |
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Photographs by David Kilburn ©, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012
March 2012 - Although the new building has now been completed for a few months, there is no sign of any activity or occupation. Local comments suggest it has been designed as a commercial building to house a designer and retailer of traditional Korean dress who will also have a "museum" there. What is more certain is the simple fact that where there were three family-occupied hanoks, there is now one empty building.
I wrote to Oh Se-Hoon, Mayor of Seoul, about these demolitions on August 14th 2010
Dear Mayor Oh,
At the end of last year, you were widely quoted in the media as saying that you vowed to preserve Seoul's remaining old hanoks. I wonder what practical steps you are taking to do this? My question is prompted by the recent demolition of the hanoks at Gahoe-dong 31-93 and 31-94. I wonder why this happened and who approved the demolitions? I have lived in Gahoe-dong 31-79 since 1988. In recent years, I have witnessed the demolition of neighbouring hanoks at Gahoe-dong 31-96, 31-95, 31-34, 31-37, 31-38 and others, all with the apparent approval of city authorities. Is is not time for this destruction to end? Every demolition makes achieving your goal a little more difficult.
Yours sincerely
David Kilburn
When there was no reply, we hand-delivered a copy of the letter to City Hall and obtained a receipt for it. This time a reply soon followed. The reply stated that the demolition was perfectly legal. (PDF, HTML)
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