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…

9 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.…

9 years ago