Lecture about Seoul’s Urban Development
On Saturday I had the pleasure to give a presentation about Seoul’s urban development at the Seoul Real Estate Investing Meetup. They contacted me a few weeks ago and I was...
Incheon Airport Maglev OPENS
Out of the blue the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced yesterday that the maglev train at Incheon International Airport will go into service today on February 3....
Undersea Tunnel to Jeju-do
A snowstorm paralyzed Jeju-do’s air traffic for two consecutive days and ten thousands of visitors were stranded on the island. This issue proved to me once again that Korea has to built...
Three New Island Airports Planned
Within a month the construction of three new airports in Korea was announced. All of them have in common that they are going to be built on islands. A large...
The Last Citizen Apartment of Seoul
On the foot of the Namsan Mountain lies an apartment building that has the name “Second Model Apartment” (in Korean 제2시범아파트) It was a part of the Seoul’s citizen apartment program...
Seoul 7017 Project under Risk
Update – 25.11.15: At a press conference today Seoul announced that the permanent closure is pushed back to 13 December. MOLIT submitted their final decision today but Seoul still has...
Six Weeks with Seoul Bike
This is a guest post by Philip Partington, a Canadian with American citizenship residing in Korea. Philip balanced his university career between creative writing and information technology, and is currently...
Traffic Accidents in Korea
How safe are Korean roads? Did traffic improve and what is the current trend? The last post about road safety in Korea is from 2013 and thus, I want to...
KakaoTaxi Revolutionizing Korea’s Taxi Service
The company Kakao is famous for the chatting application KakaoTalk and recently it expanded in other mobile services. A very exciting mobile service is KakaoTaxi, a taxi-hailing app that has been...
Seoul Subway Hacking for at least 5 Months in 2014
The Seoul Metro Corporation, the company that operates subway lines no. 1 to 4, was the victim of a hacking last year. The hacking attack installed malicious software and leaked files...