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Man assaults neighbor over noise, now in police custody

A Chinese national has been taken into police custody for assaulting a man living in the room next to his own at a gosiwon (small private room) in Seoul with a weapon after becoming enraged by noise coming through the wall.

2025.11.13

Lydia Rouka's gosiwon (small, affordable single-room housing) [LYDIA ROUKA]

'Is this a Barbie room?': Int'l students share their experience with gosiwon, Korea's smallest apartments

It all started with an “emergency” when German student Lydia Rouka returned to Korea from vacation only to find that her room and all her clothes were covered in mold — a water pipe had burst while she was away.

2025.10.28

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[VIEW 2035] Misery doesn't deserve company, it deserves help

“What will be given to me? As payment for exhibiting my misery?”

2022.8.23

A man eats breakfast alone at a gosiwon, or a very small room rented out cheaply to students preparing for exams, on New Year’s Day in 2019. [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

A coffin with windows (KOR)

“It was a space more the size of a coffin than a room,” wrote Park Min-gyu in his short story titled “Staying at Gap-eul Gosiwon” (2005), describing a gosiwon — a very small room rented out cheaply to students...

2022.1.7

A coffin with windows

2022.1.6

Tag: gosiwon

gosiwon

Latest News

Man assaults neighbor over noise, now in police custody

'Is this a Barbie room?': Int'l students share their experience with gosiwon, Korea's smallest apartments

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A coffin with windows (KOR)

A coffin with windows