AR February 2018 on Korea

The global gaze has been trained on the two Koreas in recent months with reports of strained political relationships, escalating tensions and American interventions. This is the latest instalment in a dramatic history stretching back hundreds of years, characterised by dynastic rule, Japanese colonisation, civil war, dictatorship and division. This month's issue hopes to look beyond the headlines, uncovering the two countries' architectural narratives and how they have evolved and responded to continuously shifting political and economic conditions