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Matt Kelley

Matt Kelly is native of the US Pacific Northwest and is half-Korean by ethnicity. He lived in Korea for five years and has written hundreds of travel guides for Wallpaper, TimeOut, the Boston Globe and Seoul Magazine and was a host for several different variety shows on Korean radio and television.

Gangneung’s Historic Villas: Ojukheon & Seongyojang

The Hwallaejeong Pavilion juts out over a lotus pond at Seongyojang. A wooden building with traditional curved roof surrounded by lotus leaves in the foreground and trees in the background in bright sunshine.

Gangneung’s Historic Villas: Ojukheon & Seongyojang are two fantastic examples of traditional Korean architecture in Gangwon Province.

Gyeonghuigung Summer Palace in Seoul

Four traditionally-dressed people sitting at low tables at Gyeonhuigung with a blue mural in the background depicting mountains and trees.

The Gyeonghuigung summer palace in Seoul was completed in 1623 and was subsequently used by some 10 Korean kings as a royal villa.

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