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 ...

As the clock hits 5 p.m. every day, the mood shifts in Bukchon, one of Seoul’s most photographed neighborhoods. The crowds thin, cameras lower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Starbucks branch in Daegu, South Korea, has gone viral for its stunning architecture based on traditional homes called ...

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 ...

I stay in a luxury $200 guesthouse in the heart of Jeonju Hanok Village. Hanok are famous traditional houses in South Korea and this hanok stay was special. I give you a guided tour of the Jeonju ...

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, ...

“This place shows how we can live within tradition,” says Bo Young Song, vice president of Kukje Gallery, walking through a Korean hanok in Seoul’s Sogyeok-dong neighborhood. Inside, Korean ceramics ...

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 ...

Broadcaster Jeon Hyun-moo tours Bukchon Hanok Village in an MBC special, showcasing colonial-era estates that elevated cinematic visuals in hits like 'Assassination' and 'Reborn Rich' starring Jun ...

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 ...