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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new Starbucks branch in Daegu, South Korea, has gone viral for its stunning architecture based on traditional homes called “hanok.” The location, which opened on Thursday, primarily draws ...

“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 ...

Sinseol-dong is a place that some 'urban hanok' still exist. However, as walking that area, it is hard to catch at once that the building is hanok. Because most of them are too old and repaired for ...

Starbucks opened a location in a hanok in Daegu, South Korea built in 1919. Hanoks are traditional Korean homes with heating and cooling abilities. The store has a traditional hanok side, a more ...

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 ...