After years of neglect, hanok, or traditional-style Korean houses, are having a renaissance. A new generation of Koreans is discovering the houses, turning them into cafes, shops, workspaces, and, of ...

Bukchon Village occupies the hilly neighborhood between Gyeongbok Palace and Changdeok Palace in north-central Seoul. The neighborhood has the largest collection of privately owned hanoks, or ...

Koreans have long taken pride in the traditional Korean house, “hanok,” for its embrace of a lifestyle seeking harmony with nature. However, what truly makes hanok the kind of house that embodies such ...

Boom in retro and eco-conscious style has hanok in high demand Sound engineer Choi Jung-hoon and his wife Park Hyun-sook moved into a hanok, or Korean traditional house, in Tongui-dong, central Seoul, ...

Amid the forest of high rises in downtown Seoul, there is a chic quarter of traditional Hanok houses, creating a stark contrast between tradition and modernity. It’s the Bukchon Hanok Village, located ...

Ji, who wished to be an artist when he was young, is now in the construction and trading businesses. Because of his father’s wish, he studied business management in college and that’s why he ended up ...

A new Starbucks branch in Daegu, South Korea, has gone viral for its stunning architecture based on traditional homes called “hanok.” The location, which opened on Thursday, primarily draws ...

Seoul City Government announced that 2,093 applicants applied for seven units of the 'Mirinæ-jip-linked Public Hanok' supplied to stabilize housing for newlyweds, recording an average competition ...

The hanok, a traditional home design, has been bypassed in Seoul’s vertical building boom. But some fans are trying to preserve it. Boo YoungJin and Park GoodWon in front of their house, a hanok which ...

One of the main attractions that bring visitors to the neighborhoods of Bukchon, Insa-dong and Samcheon-dong, is the Hanok, or traditional Korean house. Although many people get to see the picturesque ...

Eunpyeong Hanok Village is at the foot of Bukhansan Mountain in Seoul. While a Korea.net team walked on a quiet village road under the sunny weather, the scent of wood, the main component of Hanok ...