Newest mobility trend arrives in Korea
During Seollal I saw many excited, young people on electric kick scooters. My first thought was that they rented them from a shop or just bought them but as I...
Gwanghwamun Plaza’s facelift by 2021
Seoul announced the transformation of the Gwanghwamun Plaza to a bigger, people-oriented public space by 2021. Mayor Park Won-soon had shared his idea to reshape the plaza since his campaign...
Recap of the Seoul Walk and Bike Festival 2018
On September 30, Seoul organized the Seoul Walk and Bike Festival (서울걷자페스티벌), an annual event to celebrate walking and cycling. It started in 2013 and since then, it always attracts...
Korea’s Subway Lines from Above
Subways are usually visualized as schematic maps where the lines and locations don’t show the real geographic location. Further, metro systems are huge infrastructure elements but, as most of them...
Korea to Introduce Bicycle Helmet Law
The Korean government plans to make it compulsory for all people riding a bicycle to wear helmets from September 2018. A helmet law has the intention to make cycling safer...
Incheon Airport KTX Service Suspended
In 2014, KORAIL began to offer KTX high-speed train connections from Incheon International Airport to Seoul, Daegu, Busan and other cities in Korea. The Incheon Airport KTX service was suspended...
What we missed…
The last article on Kojects was seven month (exactly 250 days) ago. There is no excuse for not writing articles and for not informing you, our readers, about interesting projects...
From 1970 to 2017, from Seoul Station Overpass to Seoullo 7017
The Seoullo 7017 opened May 20. It’s the signature project of Seoul’s mayor Park Won-Soon and designed by the star architect Winy Maas from MVRDV. This article takes you on...
Seoul makes public transport free on polluted days
Seoul is going to allow free rides on buses and subway if the air pollution is over a certain limit starting from today. It’s part of an action plan to...
Lotte World Tower opens
123 floors. 555 meters. These are the main characteristics of the Lotte World Tower. It opens to the public today on April 3rd after nearly three decades of development. The...