The mysterious village you won’t find on maps of Seoul

Photographer Eijiro Hamada first encountered Guryong Village (:구룡마을), a shanty town in Seoul, during the Pandemic when he saw amateur footage reporting on this obscure, rarely seen enclave of the global megacity. “The village that was introduced was a maze of shanties and unpaved roads interwoven with nature,” Hameda tells Dazed. Formed of makeshift dwellings with fewhellip; read more raquo; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; View Gallery (27 images)nbsp;