01Namasan and N Seoul Tower, built in 1969
02Samcheong-dong café
03Film director Inan and design consultant Kim Seil
04COEX exhibition centre
05Roadside food seller in Hongdae, cooking on a traditional barbecue
06Front of Jeongdok Public Library in Samcheong-dong
07Korean ‘hanok’ (traditional house)
08Cork for Turtle restaurant
09Tosokchon ‘samgyetang’ (ginseng chicken soup)
10Roadside vendor making ‘hotteok’ (rice pancakes)
11Covernat director Yun Hyungseok
12Modernist views taking in the COEX building
13Han Taemin, director of San Francisco Market retail store
14Garosu-gil area of Seoul
15Grand Hyatt Seoul lobby
16Schoolchildren from Sinsa-dong neighbourhood
17University student couple
18Street scene in Samcheong-dong
19Kim Gayoung, designer at Jardin de Chouette
20Horim Art Center in Dosan Road
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