To walk along the Seoul City Wall is to walk in the footsteps of scholars of bygone centuries, trace scars of war and take in the modern behemoth of a city built around it all. Its history ...

One of the best things about the Seoul City Fortress wall is how easy it is to access from the busy downtown area of Korea’s capital. It only takes five minutes from Dongguk University Station, subway ...

But the ancient fortress wall that still circles parts of Seoul highlights the country’s long history and its story of survival sandwiched between bigger powers. The wall once ringed the entirety of ...

One of the best ways to get a bird’s eye view of Seoul is to climb the Seoul Fortress Wall that encircles the sprawling metropolis teeming with modern skyscrapers ― and culture and heritage ...

Many points of the Seoul fortress wall was damaged by the Japanese between the Japanese empire colonial period (1909-1945), under the name of urbandevelopment, and during the Korean War (1950-1953).

Seoul will fully restore the city wall that surrounded the old capital of the Joseon Kingdom by 2014. It will also push for the 18.6-kilometer wall to be listed as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage. A ...