During the New Village Movement there were some developments in housing, but the most ubiquitous project was that of roof improvements. There was a policy to change thatched roofs to coverings of improved tiles or slate, and workers who had to install thatched roofs every year were released to carry out work in different places and straw could be used elsewhere.
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Work to raise a New Village in Songnim-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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Panorama of Sandang-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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Cooperative work in Bugang village, Maechon-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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Cooperative work in Bugang village, Maechon-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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Village hall in Maechon-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
Photograph owned by Ssangnim myeon Town Hall, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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Building walls and improving roofs in Cheondong village, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju
The straight lines of the improved roof and block wall stand out among the thatched roofs. This was deemed a model house under the New Village project. Somebody has marked the photograph to show that this was “Gi Taeho’s house”. Photograph owned by Yun Seokdong, of Imgok-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.
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Improving walls and roofs for the work of the New Village.
Improving roofs in Sangju-ri (village), Sangju-myeon, Namhae-gun. Half of the wall has been improved, with other half left as a drystone wall. Photograph owned by Sangju village hall. 1970s.