Barber From Another Era

Opened in 1927, Seongwoo Barbershop is one of the oldest in South Korea. Its 68-year-old proprietor-cum-barber Lee Nam-yeol may also be one of the longest-running barbers in the country. Time seems to stand still here. Since Lee’s grandfather opened the shop under Japanese rule, Lee has kept most of the original furniture intact. A briquet stove warms up a quaint little parlor, where Lee still uses tools from the 1950s — the ones he used as a younger man, beginning to work with his father, who