Today, South Korea is known as a bastion of modern fashion, architecture and K-pop music. But it is almost surreal to see what the country used to look like and how people lived.
Across the 1960s to 1980s, 62-year-old Korean documentary photojournalist Min-jo Jeon, who worked at the Dong-a Ilbo and Korea Times newspapers for some 30 years, traveled around South Korea and took photos of an emerging South Korea.
Min-jo Jeon's work will soon be displayed at the National History Museum in Jongno, Seoul. The exhibition, named "Pictures Tell the Story," starts Nov. 26 and will run for two months.
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Apgujeong-dong, Seoul, 1978
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell the Story
Building 3.1, Seoul, 1969
Min-jo Jeon , Pictures Tell The Story
Island of Hahtae, Shinan, Jeollanam-Do Province, 1972
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
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Former First Lady Young-soo Yuk, June 1972
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
Local Bus Station at Eulgi-ro, Seoul, 1976
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
Wake of Doosan Corporation Founder Doo-byung Park, 1973
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
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Outside a Train Station Ticket Booth, 1978
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
Farmer, 1982
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
Ok-yoon Gil Plays The Saxophone, Sept. 1982
Min-jo Jeon, Pictures Tell The Story
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