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...
Seoul Launches Initiative to Remove Illegal Banners
Seoul Metropolitan City has come up with an innovative way of cleaning up its streetscapes by announcing that it will give citizens money in exchange for illegal banners they remove. A...
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...
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...
‘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 at Def Projetos, an architecture office specializing in urban projects,...
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...