Public Infrastructure

First GTX-A train delivered by Hyundai Rotem

The "GTX". If you live in Korea, it's one of those projects that you may have seen on signs, election…

2 years ago

Lotte World Tower opens

123 floors. 555 meters. These are the main characteristics of the Lotte World Tower. It opens to the public today…

8 years ago

Seoul Subway Operators to Merge Next Year

Yesterday Seoul announced that Seoul Metro and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) would be merged together following a majority vote from…

8 years ago

Guil Station Finally Gets Another Exit

There aren't too many stations in Seoul with only one exit and now there is one less, with the addition…

9 years ago

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.…

9 years ago

‘Before and After’ – Public space transformations in Korea

This is a guest post by Yuval Fogelson. He is an urban designer, based in São Paulo, Brazil, currently working…

9 years ago

Plans for Huge Multi-mode COEX Transfer Center

In August, plans for a huge underground transfer center in Gangnam between Samseong Station (Line 2) and Bongeunsa Station (Line 9)…

9 years ago

Sejong City, the Korean Dream

Korea almost moved the capital from Seoul to a new, planned city in the middle of the country. The city I'm…

9 years ago

Not Enough Escalators in Gangbuk

A recent article from Yonhap highlighted the fact there are almost twice the number of escalators installed at subway stations in Seoul…

10 years ago

Flooding in Seoul

The summer monsoon in Korea begun this year later than expected. Until now the rain amount wasn't high in Seoul.…

10 years ago