Gangbuk-gu borders some of Seoul's premier medical institutions without its residents being able to access them during the hours they actually need care. Korea University Anam Hospital sits just across the district line. Kyung Hee University Medical Center operates less than two subway stops away. The concentration of medical expertise surroundin

Sanbon New Town was supposed to be the answer. Designed in the late 1980s as one of Korea's five original satellite cities, Gunpo's flagship development promised rationalized urban living — apartment blocks arranged in geometric precision, commercial zones allocated by population density formulas, green space calculated to the square meter. Thi