Practices
Practices
Seoul Beauty Journal's walking reading of Seoul aesthetic practices — by corridor, by editor's walk, by neighbourhood-relevant signal.
Seongdong Corridor — An Editor's Walk 2026
An afternoon's walking essay through Seongdong-gu — the Wangsimni transit hub at its western shoulder, the Forest Avenue cafe stretch at the Seoul Forest edge, the Eungbongsan ridg
Seongbuk Corridor — A Quiet Saturday Editor's Walk
A slow Saturday-hour walking essay through Seongbuk-gu's residential corridor — the embassy-lined upper Seongbuk-dong streets, the Korea Furniture Museum's tile-roofed grounds, the
Euljiro Corridor — An Editor's Walking Reading
A slow weekday-afternoon walking essay through Euljiro's old industrial quarter — the hardware and printing alleys between Euljiro 3-ga and 4-ga, the Sewoon Sangga upper deck, the
Dongdaemun Corridor — An Editor's Walking Reading
A long-hour walking essay through Dongdaemun's fashion-market quarter — Zaha Hadid's DDP silver shell, the Doota retail tower, the Migliore floors that do not close, and the wholes
Yeonnam-Hongdae Corridor — An Editor's Walking Reading 2026
A slow Mapo-gu morning along Yeonnam-dong's cafe lanes and the Gyeongui Line Forest Park, threading south through the Hongik-side streets toward Hapjeong and hinge — the corridor t
Cheongdam vs Apgujeong — A Cultural Essay (Editor's Reading)
A long-form cultural essay that reads Cheongdam against Apgujeong on foot at two in the afternoon — the gallery-quiet single-room consultation register on one side of the Galleria,
Itaewon-Yongsan Corridor — An Editor's Walking Reading
A slow Saturday-hour walking essay through Itaewon-Yongsan's multicultural corridor — the embassy-lined slope above Noksapyeong, the Saudi-mosque silhouette on Bogwang-dong's ridge
Kim Ji-won — Editor's Letter, June 2026
Seoul Beauty Journal's June letter from the editor-in-chief — Kim Ji-won walks the city's summer-transition corridors at the pace of a magazine column, reading Hannam's first humid