THE SOURCES BEHIND THE STORIES
Photography & sources.
KOREA LANE uses real photographs from Pexels and Wikimedia Commons. The credits below identify the photographers, original files and licences.
The photographs are real, not AI-generated. Older photographs are labelled as archival context. They do not establish current shop occupants, menus, events or conditions.
Seoul
Henry Acevedo / Pexels: original photograph
Pexels photograph
Pexels licence
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Jeju
Dasha Klimova / Pexels: original photograph
Pexels photograph
Pexels licence
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Busan
Minsu B / Pexels: original photograph
Pexels photograph
Pexels licence
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Insadong-gil Mar 2025 04
Epicgenius / Wikimedia Commons: original photograph
13 March 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Ssamzigil in Insadong
Christian Bolz / Wikimedia Commons: original photograph
6 March 2016 · CC BY-SA 4.0
CC BY-SA 4.0
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Korea-Seoul-Insadong-tea set
Enrique Dans / Wikimedia Commons: original photograph
16 January 2008 · CC BY 2.0
CC BY 2.0
Displayed at a smaller size and cropped by the page layout. No generative edits. For the two CC BY-SA photographs, any adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. The photograph licence does not apply to unrelated site code or editorial text.
Editorial references
Original site structure takes inspiration from the useful navigation patterns of tourism publications, without copying their designs or articles.
- VISITKOREA: thematic discovery, travel preparation, itineraries and event resources.
- Visit Jeju: destinations, themed travel and first-visit essentials.
- Visit Seoul: Insa-dong.
- VISITKOREA: Ssamzigil.
Rights and context
Licence records for the new photographs were checked on 4 November 2026. Copyright licences do not guarantee model releases, property releases or clearance of every other right. The photos are used for contextual editorial use, with no suggestion of endorsement.
Editorial content and photographs are reviewed before publication. This page records the sources and image permissions used for the current edition.