About Seoul Village

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Seoul and Korea are ever-changing places. Every day, whole areas vanish, people move, new towns rise and memories fall. I often browse a map and check for a maeul (village) that may be threatened by "real estaticians". Sometimes I have time to feel the place, meet a few sad smiles, take a few sad pictures. Sometimes it is just too late.

The city does have to improve, to get rid of its last slums provided people are well taken care of. But Seoul is not used to keeping track of its past yet. People have been used to discard old stuff for decades and even houses are disposable items, to be replaced every 20 years or so.

Seoul Village is a virtual place to remember Seoul. Not as it was, not as it ough to be, but as it is being.

I'll try to drop a line or a memory every know and then. This is neither a cityguide nor an encyclopedia but a nonsensical pile of useless thoughts on all kinds of subjects, depending on the mood (see list of posts). Otherwise, I do write some kind of literature about Korea (in French - see "dragedies"*), and I spill many lousy blogules over the web (in some sort of English and French).

When I'm asked "what do you do for a living ?" I answer "I live, and that's taking a great part of my time". As an author, my daily job is basically to be the Chief AtoZ Officer of myself** : you can check my personal portal at www.stephanemot.com.

If you want to stick to Seoul Village, feel free to suggest "new" places, to leave a comment, or correct a mistake. You may also connect with me on LinkedIn or Facebook (thank you for jotting down some clues if you do so).

Remember : I'm not a native speaker, neither in Korean nor in English. And I'm afraid even my French is poor.

Stephane

* there's not much to write about except love, life, and death. As I'm writing these lines, I'm lucky enough to be alive and in love, so I mostly write about death. "La Ligue des Oublies", my chronicles on the other history of soccer, are also available on Amazon.

** in previous lives, I majored the ESSEC, survived three start-ups, became an expert in strategy and innovation, and also enjoyed every bit of it. My love of Seoul goes beyond writing or blogging about the city : as a member of the Seoul Global Center Business Advisory Committee, I welcome all suggestions to make this great place an even better one.

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Includes :
- a few places where food matters
- remarks about the attempted anschluss of Dokdo by Japan, and the attempted Hanschluss of Korea by China.
- pictures from Korea
- daily news from the Chosun Ilbo
- Korea's 16 regions and major cities
- random views on culture, food, or even politics

PS : meet some of my visitors from South Korea, as well as from all other countries.