For fifty years, my family has lived as neighbors to the president in a house across from the Blue House. From military dictatorship to democracy, we've had a front row seat to South Korea's modern history through our windows. During the rallies calling for President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment in 2016, protests reached the Blue House for the first time. Since then, we've endured constant noise, even with our windows closed.

I pleaded with my family to just move so...more

For fifty years, my family has lived as neighbors to the president in a house across from the Blue House. From military dictatorship to democracy, we've had a front row seat to South Korea's modern history through our windows. During the rallies calling for President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment in 2016, protests reached the Blue House for the first time. Since then, we've endured constant noise, even with our windows closed.

I pleaded with my family to just move somewhere else, but for some reason, they stubbornly insist on staying in this house. Seeking to understand their mindset, I pick up the camera and delve into the resilient history of our family and this house.
After feeling powerless for years, unable to change anything, I come to realize our family’s resilience is as enduring as the dense forest formed by the family trees my grandmother planted on the property whenever a new branch of our family tree emerged.

Then one day, as the 2023 presidential election approached, a new presidential candidate emerged, promising to fully open the Blue House to the public and relocate the presidential office elsewhere. With our family's shared fate with the Blue House coming to an end, will I finally be able to live in peace again?less