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Night Strolls: Ajung Lake and Gunji Square

How do you spend weekday evenings? I love to stroll after dinner. Today, I’ll introduce two lovely night stroll routes…

Stamina Booster Dishes of Jeonju: Yeonji Bongwan and Yookil Sikdang

  ​It seems like the winter still isn’t completely over. In such cold weather, people tend to go after the…

Spring stroll at Jeonju Hanok Village

  ​The last two months have been very different from the previous years. The scents of spring flower in the…

Palbok Art Factory: Everyday Artistic Playground for People

Factory of Contemporary Arts in Palbok, a.k.a. ‘Palbok Art Factory’, used to be a cassette tape factory during the 1980s….

Hop on Jeonju Bus #165 for Cherry Blossom

Jeonju Bus #165 is known to travel through the most renowned cherry blossom spots in the city. Let’s hop on!…

Two Hanji Souvenirs from Jeonju: Handream and Jisum Gallery

Do you know that hanji (Korean traditional homemade mulberry paper) is speciality from Jeonju? Hanji was used even during the…

The Spring of Jeonju Hyanggyo (Confucian School)

The warm spring breeze heralds the spring is on its way. When the March frost is over, the spring flowers…

Jeonju Citizens’ Archive: From Personal Memory to Collective History

Jeonju Citizens’ Archive opened last December 10th. The archive is home to various records of the citizens’ everyday life. The…

Walking around Seohakdong Artists’ Village

  Only a decade ago, the district of Seohakdong used to be an unpopular neighbourhood of unkempt alleyways and dilapidated…

From Public Bath and Church to Café: Kirintowol and Manoah

Jeonju is also known for a wide range of unique cafés. It’s very easy to find the convenient franchise cafés…

JEONJU-CITY ENGLISH BLOG, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER FOREIGNERS’ COMMENTS EVENT WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Jeonju-City english blog foreigners’ comments event. Congratulations to the winners,…

Jeonju Omogaritang (spicy fish stew)

  Have you heard of Omogaritang? ‘Omogari’ is the local dialect for ‘ttukbaegi’ (coated earthenware vessel for both cooking and…