#5 The Seoul of Design on DiscoveringKorea.com

When South Korea emerged from its devastating civil war in the 1950s, the new nation's GDP was on par with Ghana. Today, it's the world's 13th largest economy. For the most part, design was sacrificed in its rapid industrialization. But today Seoul aims to become an international design innovator, thanks to the enthusiastic support of its mayor. Read the post on the DiscoveringKorea.com blog.

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Travel & Events

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• Seoul
• South Korea
• design
• Zaha Hadid

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Go Seoul !!!!

[the20thcenturyfox]

god this guys voice is awful

[ssw6146]

오 ㅋㅋ멋있다~

[barcher]

Very informative! I am sad to learn, however, that the street vendors were banished from Jongno. I hope Mayor Oh realizes that we tourists love that sort of thing. It's what makes Seoul SEOUL. Please don't remove all the Korean-ness from Korea!