4504 - Gwangju, South Korea

A beautiful postcard from a new Postcrosser (2025) that depicts the first snowfall in Seoul. The sender is from Gwangju, a city of almost 1.5 million people. It has ancient roots dating back to 57 BCE, when it was one of the administrative centres of the Baekje Kingdom during Korea's Three Kingdoms period.

The sender noticed that I enjoy soccer (football) and wrote about his favourite Korean player, Lee Kang-in (이강인), who has played for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) since 2023. As of 2026, he has made 79 league appearances for PSG, scoring 12 goals. Across all competitions, he has made more than 120 appearances and scored 16 goals.

Before moving to France, Lee played in Spain's La Liga. He first appeared in 26 matches for Valencia B before earning promotion to Valencia's first team, where he made 44 league appearances and scored two goals. In 2021, he transferred to Mallorca, making 66 league appearances and scoring seven goals.

In 2023, PSG, who play in Ligue 1, signed Lee to a five-year contract, paying Mallorca a reported transfer fee of €22 million.

Internationally, Lee has represented South Korea at every level. He earned 16 caps with the South Korea U20 team, 15 caps with the U23 team, and has nearly 50 appearances for the senior national team. He played in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he recorded an assist in South Korea's 3–2 loss to Ghana.

South Korea advanced from their group by finishing second behind Portugal before being eliminated 4–1 by Brazil in the Round of 16.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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