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The land is a laboratory. Experiments in cutting-edge technology and politics foster a belief that today will surely be more advanced than yesterday. Seoul has become a cosmopolitan city emblematic of the resulting growth achieved during the ‘Miracle of the Han River’, the short period of time after the division of Korea into North and South. Throughout this boom era of high industrialisation and urbanisation–driven by the values of convenience, efficiency, and rationality–we have experienced comforts that previous generations have not. Lingering doubts remain as to the stability of this …