The Old Man’s Harbor

Everyday for the past twenty years, 78-year-old Kim Yun-sik has been going to Jongno in central Seoul. Around noon, he eats free lunch at the cafeteria where a Buddhist temple used to stand until the 1500s; until 5 p.m., he whiles away the time in Tapgol Park, and in the evening returns home to Gangbuk district in northeastern Seoul. “It’s nice to come here,” he said. “One meal costs 2,000 won (around $1.80); I sometimes go to a karaoke room; I can chat with old people who get me. Where else w