Daeseong-dong Tombs Gimhae — Kings Buried on Top of Kings

Entrance to the Daeseong-dong Tombs Museum in Gimhae

Somewhere in Gimhae, about 25 minutes by light rail from the airport, there’s a low hill that doesn’t look like much from a distance. No towering monuments, no dramatic ruins. Just grass, a walking trail, and a quiet museum at the base. But underneath that hill, across five centuries of Gaya civilization, the rulers of … Read more

One Stop Before Busan: The Gimhae Hangeul Museum and Everything Around It

Special exhibition room at the Gimhae Hangeul Museum showing Korean language education through the decades

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