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Cheonggyecheon, the stream runs through the center of Seoul is seen on July 29, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. The stream was named Gaecheon which means open stream and constructed as a drainage system during the Joseon Dynasty (A.D. 1392-1910). Gaecheon was renamed to the current name Cheonggyecheon which means clean open stream during the Japanese imperial colonial period. After the Korean War, more people migrated into Seoul and settled down along the stream. As a result it caused public hygiene issue, so the government decide to cover up the stream with concrete over 20 years starting in 1958 and a 5.6Km long, 16m-wide elevated a high level road was completed in 1976. In 2005, the stream was restored under the Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project initiated by then-Seoul mayor Lee Myung-Bak who is former president of South Korea. (Photo by Shin Woong-jae/The Washington Post)
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