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Korea’s Military Towns: Gentrification or Lost Heritage?

Geoffrey Cain first arrived in South Korea in 2009, spending a lot of time in Uijeongbu and Yangju, two military towns north of Seoul. As a journalist, he was eager to get out of the city and cover life outside the capital; these gritty camp towns became a bed of coverage for his magazine writing at Time.

By Matthew Fennell
Asia Society

Sep 14, 2017

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All quiet on the northern front

I’m now in Yangju, a mostly rural town about a 30 minute’s drive south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) near the North Korea border.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 5, 2013

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