As leaders, delegates and visitors prepare to gather in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, few places in Korea embody the nation’s long history more vividly than the host city.
Often called “a museum without walls,” Gyeongju served as the capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 BCE-935 CE) through the Unified Silla era for nearly a thousand years. Its landscape remains heavily dotted with tombs, temples, historic buildings and ruins that bring that distant era to life.
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