The station building still wears the same mint-green paint it got back in 1943. Tracks that once carried passengers across southern Korea now stop abruptly in front of a park bench, and a retired diesel locomotive sits quietly beside them. This is Jinyeong Railway Museum — a small, free museum in Gimhae that turned a … Read more
I’d passed this building a few times while walking along Yangsancheon Stream in Yangsan, a small city just north of Busan. Each time, I wondered what was inside. Ssangbyeokru Art Hall in Yangsan turned out to hold a 250-seat concert venue on its ground floor — but the real find was on the second floor: … Read more
Most travelers who land at Gimhae Airport make a beeline for Busan. I almost did the same thing — until a quick search turned up a place I hadn’t seen mentioned in a single English-language travel guide: the Gimhae Hangeul Museum, Korea’s first public museum dedicated entirely to the Korean alphabet. Gimhae is a small … Read more
Most people who visit Yangsan head straight to Tongdosa Temple and leave. I almost did the same thing. But a local told me to check out the Yangsan City Museum — free admission, four floors of artifacts, and almost no international visitors. I went in expecting a quiet municipal museum and walked out genuinely surprised … Read more