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![Cafe Onion, a bakery cafe located in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong District in eastern Seoul. The cafe renovated a factory built in 1970 to look like a modern hanok, or traditional Korean house. [JOONGANG DB]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11880249.jpg?imageId=11880249&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Views of apartment in Gangnam from the Han River on April 22. Apartment prices in Seoul on average are 1.1 billion won, which is the first. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11261018.jpg?imageId=11261018&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A passerby looks at real estate prices at a real estate agency in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul. House prices in northern Seoul increased in November, according to data from KB Kookmin Bank on Sunday. Of the 25 districts in Seoul, the apartment growth rate was highest in Nowon District, followed by Seongbuk District and Gangbuk District, all in northern Seoul. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11320738.jpg?imageId=11320738&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A view of apartment complexes in the Gangbuk area, northern Seoul, on Thursday. According to real estate data from KB Kookmin Bank, the average increase rate of apartment prices in Gangbuk between the January to November period was about 12.79 percent ? exceeding the south side of Han River’s 10.56 percent for the first time in 12 years. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11876379.jpg?imageId=11876379&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A woman looks at apartments in an area south of the Han River on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10694737.jpg?imageId=10694737&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Eunma Apartment Complex in Daechi-dong of Gangnam District, southern Seoul, will likely initiate its planned redevelopment project under tightened real estate measures. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10398583.jpg?imageId=10398583&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Civic group members hold a vigil Tuesday to mourn a security guard who took his own life after being subject to alleged physical and verbal abuse by an apartment resident. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11327367.jpg?imageId=11327367&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)