Yongsan Garrison and the legacy of Plastic Surgery
Contributor: Karl Schutz
South Korea is the country with more plastic surgeries per capita in the world. Blepharoplasty or double eyelid surgery is the most common procedure being…
An English book store in Itaewon
Contributor: Nam Sang-so
“We sell, buy and exchange – since 1974” says the advertisement of foreign book store located at southern end of Itaewon township, near Line #6…
Golfing in the middle of Seoul
Contributor: Darrel Brown
[Yongsan Legacy] Golfing in the middle of Seoul By Darrell Brown This 1969 photo of the Yongsan area shows the Eighth U.S. Army golf course…
The magic keys of my coworker’s car. Building #2254
Contributor: Doug Ricker
One of my funniest memories from Yongsan garrison is from 1984. The MPs patrolled the parking lot between our building and the Arcade/Library. If a…
Yongsan Garrison as the source of new culture
Contributor: Nam SangSo
Blondie There was a large white washed wall among buildings lined up facing a river and bridge before entering into Uljin township, North Gyeongsang province.…
AFKN disk jockey and discotheque
Contributor: Nam SangSo
We Korean architects had heard of the disco but never had the design experience. And noticing the AFKN disk jockeys talked like avant-garde artists at a commissary diner, I decided to visit the station just across the street.
Sharing fashion trends in South Korea
Contributor: Rich Kent and Bill Smothers
United Nations Command and United States Forces Korea have been a big influence in setting the fashion trend in South Korea back in the 50’s…
The first bottled water in Korea has origins linked to Yongsan Garrison
Contributor: Mr. Choi Byung-Hyo
Diamond Water, the first commercial drinking water to be approved in South Korea, and passing the water quality test by the hygiene authority of the USKF, in Yongsan in 1977
The influence of Western fashion through the US Army
Contributor: Yongsan Legacy
US ARMY hosts a fashion show by Korean designers Choi Kyungja and Andre Kim in Seoul, 1959 Andre Kim(August 24, 1935 – August 12, 2010)…
Yongsan land after US Forces are relocated
Contributor: Nam SangSo
When Korean government announced that the United States and Korea agreed in 2003 to relocate the U.S. Army Yongsan Garrison to Camp Humphreys by the end of the year 2017, and the Yongsan land will be developed to a large park, larger than London’s Hyde Park, many Seoul citizens not only overjoyed with the good news …