LH to Conduct 8-Week Online Course on Housing and Residential Culture History Starting Next Month

Uploaded every Tuesday from May 4 on LH YouTube and museum homepage
Expert talk format on the history of houses and apartments

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] LH announced on the 27th that it will release an online lecture series titled "Time of the House, Apartments in Stories," covering the history of housing and residential culture, starting from the 4th of next month for eight weeks.

This online lecture series is produced in the form of expert talks, focusing on topics such as the changes in modern Seoul housing, houses featured in films and literature, and the Mapo and Hilltop Apartments, which are early LH apartments from the 1960s.

The eight-part lecture series specifically covers the following topics: △ Bukchon is not a Hanok Village △ Chungjeongno, an exhibition hall of modern residential culture △ Samcheong-dong residential area built with dynamite △ Jeong Segwon and Park Gilryong (pioneers of Joseon housing improvement) △ Records of living spaces (apartments in novels and paintings) △ The houses they live in (apartments in films and advertisements) △ Hilltop Apartments on the hill △ Opening the era of apartments, Mapo Apartments.

Anyone interested can watch the lectures on the YouTube channel ‘LH Korea Land and Housing Corporation/LH TV’ or at the Land and Housing Museum. Starting with the trailer posted today, the lectures will be released sequentially every Tuesday for eight weeks beginning May 4th.

Since 2015, the LH Land and Housing Museum has been conducting cultural lectures such as history learning courses and field trips for local residents annually. Last year, it held an online series titled "Saengsaeng History Talk," focusing on Korean humanities.

Shim Gwangju, director of the LH Land and Housing Museum, said, "Through this lecture series produced in the form of expert talks on the history of various modern and contemporary residential areas and apartments, we hope to have a time of communication with citizens interested in our residential culture and history."

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