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Gorgeous Transformation of Black Coal Mine, Samtan Art Mine

2 years ago11802 min

Gorgeous Transformation of Black Coal Mine, Samtan Art Mine Local people Hambaeksan-ro, Gohan-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do Samtan Art Mine is a place where the Samcheok Tanjwa Jeongam Mining Office, which was abandoned in 2001, was created as a cultural and artistic space. Samtan Art Mine is a combination of Samtan, an abbreviation of Samcheok Tanjwa, art of art, and mine, which means mine. It means that Samcheok Tanjwa will be developed as an art mine. It...

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The scent of art blooming in an abandoned mine, Jeongseon Samtan Art Mine

2 years ago11519 min

The scent of art blooming in an abandoned mine, Jeongseon Samtan Art Mine Local people Hambaeksan-ro, Gohan-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do It was once an industrial site full of machine sounds. At that time, the name was Samcheok Tanjwa Jeongam Mining Office. After opening in 1964, miners’ blood and sweat led Korea’s rapid growth for decades. However, production decreased due to the government’s coal industry rationalization policy, and it eventually closed in 2001. In 2013, the former...