| This is the only remaining wall of a Jail that the Japanese built to imprison and torture some famous Korean nationalists. Koreans used the jail until 1967. It's now a museum (a must see). The Bad Old Days |
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This is the National Assembly building (Kukhwe) on the Han River. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE KUKHWE AND SEOUL PALACES |
| This is the Chultusan (literally 'mound of decapitated heads') memorial, where hundreds of Korean Roman Catholics were martyred on the order of Prince-Regent Taewongun in 1866. It's now a memorial and a museum of early Catholicism in Korea. | 
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This is the Foreigner's Cemetary in Seoul. People of all different nationalities are buried here. One is reminded that Russians used to be active in Korea in the late 19th Century by fact that many of the graves are written in Cyrillic. |
| This is the Kunjong-jon, Throne Hall of Kyongbok Palace (the former Korean kings' palace). | 
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