SEOUL 2009.12

December 2009 Issue No. 77

Contents

18 eXPLORING SEOUL
Rushing Through 2,000 Years of History
From Early Baekje Fortresses to the (Almost) Tallest Building in the World:
Sight-Hopping Through Jamsil-dong

62 TRAVEL
Insular Excursion
Incheon Bridge and Palmi-do Island Symbolize Korea’s Future and Past

26 Cultural Hot SpotS
Gimusa: Beginning of New Era
The National Museum of Contemporary Art Reilluminates One of Modern Seoul’s Darkest Corners

14 Snapshot

16 Streetwise in Seoul
Good-bye 2009

24 Performing Arts
Fanta-Stick

30 Hotel Heaven
The Shilla Seoul

34 Seoul Personalities
Ice Hockey Star Kim Ki-sung
Brings Fire to the Ice

38 Medical Tourism
Gangnam Severance Hospital

41 Oriental Medicine

42 City Interview
Yeoksam Global Village Center Chief
Cristina Confalonieri

44 Seoul of Zen

48 Goings On Around Town

68 Eating Out
Noryangjin Fish Market

70 Lifestyle &Leisure
Seoul’s Best Skating Rinks

72 Shopping
Gwangjang Market


74 Nightlife
Jeonggyeoun Odengzip

78 Seoul City News

82 Community Page