Tweethanger #9 – August 22 to 28

This week we introduced a new feature to Kojects: A Media Feature is a brief snippet of a Korean news article. We published two Media Features so far:

Besides that, there was a blog post about a new station on the airport railway:

Yeongjong Station to Open End of 2015

This week’s Tweethanger focuses again on transportation and urban development in Korea. There was a series about Eurasia and Korea’s connection to the international rail network in The Korea Herald.

Tweethanger #9

Women-only public transport carriages in Korea? >> http://t.co/0TWvURm1Us [source]
Hyundai looks forward with self-driving ‘R Car’ (via @JoongAngDaily) >> http://t.co/oqhUfKNAgp [source]
Asiana to remove nearly all its first-class seats (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/j8E6viNVUm [source]
South Korea digs underwater tunnel to connect Europe, Asia (via @koreanet) >> http://t.co/CTCjaUEqce [source]
Yeongjong Station will open as part of the Airport Railroad on Yeongjong-do at the end of this year. http://t.co/BfRIrmQU4k [source]
Central, city government debut plans for Han River (via @JoongAngDaily) >> http://t.co/pg3ezEkBoh [source]
Yeouido, Han River in #Seoul will become major tour sites (via @thekortimes) >> http://t.co/1ZMQxmC3yv [source]
Typhoon advisories issued across country (via @thekortimes) >> http://t.co/0aN8inq8uH ->
The number of sex offenses committed has been increasing from 943 cases in 2012, 1,180 cases in 2013 and 1,287 cases last year. [source]
Sex offenses on #Seoul subways on the rise (via @thekortimes) >> http://t.co/1TpGgtoFR5 ->
Despite low motorization rate Pyongyang forces pedestrians to use underground tunnels to cross streets http://t.co/OYoOdm0eoS [source]
Korea, S Train – The Little Things (via @dstewartwrites) >> http://t.co/ZsdJ6WMJgk ->
KORAIL chief calls for Seoul to lead inter-Korean railway (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/E8B3c0Enug [source]
Reaching for the Eurasian dream (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/Hb5VwOifYo [source]
Hyundai Rotem targets developing railway markets (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/qA6DAWIpvq [source]
Evolving rail network forms backbone of economic growth (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/fyDxMLJ3Xv [source]
Korean firms eye central Asia for growth, cooperation (via @TheKoreaHerald) >> http://t.co/r8SP4M8pFp [source]
Makeover of Seoul Station Overpass to Revitalize Urban Area (via @KoreaSavvy) >> http://t.co/ly8N9FyHot [source]
Seoul Still Lags Behind in Ranking of Livable Cities (via @EnglishChosun) >> http://t.co/mV0IqUkqoA [source]