Sogong’s Parking Lot, Unused Space in Central Seoul
After a five minute walk from Myeong-dong, the most popular tourist destination in Seoul, I stood in front of a parking lot. It isn’t an underground parking garage or one of...
Yonsei-ro, Seoul’s First Transit Mall
A transformation took place in Sinchon (신촌), a popular nightlife area in front of Yonsei University! Seoul forbids private cars on the main road Yonsei-ro since January 2014. This measure...
Incheon International Airport KTX Times Released
Looking for KTX schedules to and from Incheon International Airport? See our Incheon Airport KTX page That’s right, it’s here. Often one of the things that has been mentioned in...
Amazing Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Finally I visited the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, in short DDP, which opened on March 21st. As you can already tell by the name, it lies in the famous Dongdaemun shopping...
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
Today’s post isn’t related to transport or urban development in Korea. Still it shows something wonderful about Seoul, which is worth to share. Seoul initiated a project to produce a...
Seoul’s New Taxi Fare
For the first time in four years the taxi fare in Seoul rises. The basic fare is going to be raised by about 25%. Previously, the basic fare was 2,400...
Full Operation of Night Bus Services
Back in April we wrote about the beginning of night buses on two routes. The trial was successful with over 220,000 passengers (2,100 people per night!) and so Seoul is...
10 New Lines in Seoul’s Metro Network
A look at Seoul’s metro-map is quite intimidating because it contains over a dozen subway lines (I counted 17, not including Everline) in a wide-reaching network. However, it doesn’t stop...
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Seoul is a very safe city in comparison to other ones of this size. However, it doesn’t mean that Seoul (or Korea) is free of crime and that there aren’t...
‘World Cup Bridge’ Completion Date Moved to 2017
“World Cup Bridge” (월드컵대교) is the name of the 22nd bridge which is being constructed across the Han River between Mapo-gu and Yeongdeungpo-gu in order to relieve traffic congestion. This...