Two subway stops from Hongdae, Mangwon-dong offers a version of Seoul that increasingly feels rare: a neighborhood that still mostly belongs to the people who live there. Before 1984, when …
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The Seoul Neighborhood That Refused to Become ‘Hot’
by Joon-ho Baekby Joon-ho BaekGet off at Mangwon Station, two stops past Hongik University on Line 6, and nothing about the exit signals you’ve arrived anywhere special. Climb the stairs and the first thing …
