Pangyo to Lead Tram Renaissance
Following the increasing number of light rail lines opening around South Korea, a tram renaissance is also quietly brewing in several of the nation’s cities. One of the first places expected to...
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...
Noryangjin Station Transfer Tunnel Finally Opens
This morning the Noryangjin Station transfer tunnel between Seoul’s Line 1 and 9 finally opened, more than six years after Line 9 first began operating. If you’ve ever had to make...
Suseo High Speed Railway to Open Next Year
Ever wish that you could just grab a KTX from Gangnam? The Suseo High Speed Railway seems to be on track to open next year which means that getting a high...
Sincheon Station to be Renamed
Sincheon (신천) or Sinchon (신촌) Station? Whether you only speak a little Korean or you’re a native speaker, it’s not unusual to have to clarify which station you mean when...
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...
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) were unveiled by Seoul. Located next to the busy COEX...
Bike Sharing System in Seoul
After the big announcement about a new, city-wide public bicycle sharing system last year, we have seen very little about the news about the system. Now stations for the public...
Construction on Seoul Myeonmok Line to Begin 2017
On September 3, Seoul announced that it would be moving forward with plans for yet another light rail line – the Myeonmok Line which it has put out for tender.