An iron giraffe, a gentleman wearing a black hat and a map of Mullae-dong made from various metals. All welcome visitors to Mullae-dong as they walk along the street for a few minutes from exit No. 7 ...

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Seoul is often viewed as a modern, trendy metropolis filled with high-rise buildings, bright billboards and zooming subways. But behind its stylish facade is a more down-to-earth, people's place that ...

Seoul's Mullae-dong ranked sixth on the World's Coolest Neighbourhood list selected by Time Out, a famous British travel and culture magazine. On the 24th (local time), Time Out announced 38 of the ...

is the showcase festival of Mullae-dong, this humble working-class neighborhood in southwestern Seoul. As gentrification has forced out the live music scene in the Hongik University area, many of ...

The area around Mullae-dong, densely packed with ironworks shops scattering metal dust, is now bustling with nature and gardens. Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it will ...

“Zzing.” On the 10th afternoon, metallic cutting sounds echoed nonstop through every alley of Mullae-dong 4-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Workers moved cut iron materials, while business owners pedaled ...

Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) is creating a resident-friendly space at the Mullae-dong public notice site, which was originally designated for the construction of the 2nd Sejong Cultural Center ...

Gentrification seems to be happening in every part of Seoul simultaneously. Some upgrading is always nice, but this also displaces communities of people and independent businesses. As these ...

In the rough and raw neighborhood of Mullae-dong, complete with small-sized ironworks crowded together in tightly-woven alleys, the sounds from the steel machineries in the crumbling sight of an ...