Not on the tourist maps…
The Korea Times had an article a couple of days ago on hard to find and rather neglected historical spots in Seoul. Unfortunately, as is often the case with the KT it could do with some more editing. That aside, it does have some interesting tidbits of historical information, including something about the house of Korean nationalist Yŏ Un-hyŏng, who I have written a bit about here before.
Apparently the house has not been well-preserved and is now a noodle restaurant (if it’s the one that I’m thinking of it’s quite famous for its k’alguksu). Apparently a plaque commemorating the fact that Yŏ lived there had to be moved over the road due to the objections of the restaurant which didn’t want the ‘red’ association. This is despite the fact that Yŏ was not in any way a ppalgaengi (red), but a sort of centrist nationalist. Although the article mentions that he was assassinated in 1947, it fails to mention that his killing, at the Hoehwa-dong intersection, was almost certainly ordered by Syngman Rhee.
