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Joe Steinbring

South Korea

In September 2024, I went to South Korea between Japan and Taiwan. I took an overnight ferry from Osaka to Busan and a bus up to Seoul, but what I most wanted to see was the DMZ, so I spent a day along the border in Paju, at the Odusan Unification Observatory, Imjingak, and the Dora Observatory, before a few days exploring Seoul.

Busan, Paju, Seoul, and Imjingak4 places · 16 photographs
Static offline map of South Korea marking 4 visited places.

Places visited

Places I visited in South Korea

  • Trays of fish cake skewers in broth on a steel counter, with stacks of bowls at each end.
    Fish cake skewers in broth, a Busan specialty, at the bus terminal.

    Busan

    An overnight ferry from Osaka, then a long day at the bus terminal: fish cake in broth, snack shops, and a bus to Seoul.

  • A still reservoir reflecting a cloudy sky, with forested hills and a boardwalk across the water.
    A still morning on a reservoir in the hills of Paju.

    Paju

    A still morning by a reservoir, a look into North Korea from Odusan, and the Dora Observatory inside the Civilian Control Zone.

  • Visitors on a boardwalk beside a barbed-wire fence hung with colorful ribbons.
    Ribbons on the fence at Imjingak.

    Imjingak

    A barbed-wire fence covered in ribbons for peace and reunification, the Freedom Bridge, and memorials to a divided country.

  • A red-pillared palace hall with lattice doors and painted eaves on a two-tier stone platform.
    A hall at Deoksugung Palace, with the city’s towers beyond its walls.

    Seoul

    Deoksugung Palace and its changing of the guard, a rainy night downtown, and the view from N Seoul Tower on Namsan.

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