Report
[ESSAY] Once Again, Back to Life
Gunsan opened its port in 1899. It was one of four cities – along with Incheon, Mokpo, and Busan – that had been designated for foreign trade under the 1876 Treaty of Ganghwa with Japan. Throughout the Japanese colonial period, it served as an extraction outpost, syphoning rice from the Honam Plain to th...
Sept 08, 2025