October 27, 2026, Seoul, South Korea: A fire burns in Guryong Village, one of the last shanty town slums in Seoul. South Korea’s most prominent remaining slum is Guryong Village, an illegal shanty town (‘moon village’) located in the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul. Established in the late 1980s by low-income residents who were evicted during urban renewal and clearance projects ahead of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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