Guryong or Guryong Village is an illegal encampment on private land in Seoul, South Korea. It was first created in 1988 by people evicted from houses in other low-income areas demolished during the city’s rapid development prior to the 1988 Olympic Games. It has an estimated 2,500 to 4,000 inhabitants, primarily impoverished elderly.
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Guryong or Guryong Village is an illegal encampment on private land in Seoul, South Korea. It was first created in 1988 by people evicted from houses in other low-income areas demolished during the city’s rapid development prior to the 1988 Olympic Games.
It has an estimated 2,500 to 4,000 inhabitants, primarily impoverished elderly, living in between 1,200 and 2,000 shacks and trailers.
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