Hwaseong fortress should be on everyone’s list of places to see in South Korea. The northwestern watchtower of Suwon Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, South Korea. (Christopher Green/Stars and Stripes) ...

The Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, dates back to the latter part of the Joseon era (1392-1910).Designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in December 1997, the 5.74-kilometer ...

A visitor looks at the complete map of the Hwaseong fortress, through a copied page from the “Hwaseong Seongyeok Uigwe" at the National Museum of Korea. (Im Se-jun/The Korea Herald) ...

Hwaseong Fortress was built by King Jeonjo in 1796. The fortress consisted of four imposing citadels, a more than three-and-a-half-mile-long perimeter wall, various gun towers and turrets and a ...

More historically, Hwaseong is the only remaining walled city in Korea, built by King Jeongjo in the late 18th century. There were three reasons for constructing the fortress: to safeguard the city ...

An annual cultural festival at Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO-designated cultural heritage site, bid its attendees farewell in the city of Suwon, south of Seoul, culminated by a full-scale ...

In 2014, the Suwon Hwaseong, the ancient fortress in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will preside over the city as it hosts a range of global ...

A breathtaking sight by day took on an ethereal beauty at night. At Temporary Palace at Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, I saw a grand performance for the festival's 60th anniversary that brought together the ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Wearing traditional military garb instead of uniforms and carrying spears instead of M-16s, the Soldiers have become an iconic part of the parade through the historic site of Hwaseong Fortress.