Cheongsando Island serenely awaits spring The term “slow city” originates from the Italian word cittaslow, which means a city where life is slow and easy. Cittaslow also refers to an international movement founded by Mayor Palolo Saturnini of Greve in Chianti, Italy, in 1999. It promotes a slow city life, where nature and tradition…
Namhae-gun County, a treasure trove of delights There is a remote pair of distant islands located in the middle of the southern edge of the Korean Peninsula: Namhaedo Island and Changseondo Island. Together, they comprise Namhae-gun County, a small town in Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province) with a population of approximately 49,000 and an area…
Enjoy a bit of island life in Namhae Namhae-gun County, comprised of the two islands of Namhaedo and Changseondo and located along the southern edge of Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province), is barely connected to land by two bridges. The Namhae Bridge links the region with Hadong-gun County and the Changseon-Samcheonpo Bridge connects to Samcheonpo…
