- Home
- About
- Latest
- Living
- Travelling
- Sightseeing
- Destinations
- Events
- Forum
- Links
- Contact
This year (2011) VisitKorea announced a free shuttle bus between Seoul and Busan. The free shuttle bus is open to people with a foreign passport, tourists and foreign residents working in Korea. There are 3 bus routes available.
1.Bus service- Seoul to Busan
The departure point leaving Seoul is Donghwa Duty Free [...]
The biggest Movie theatres in Korea are Megabox, CGV and Lotte Cinema.
I live in Sinchon(신촌) so I visited Megabox. It is located between Sinchon station and Ewha – women’s university(이대) line 2.
Megabox Sinchon(메가박스 신촌) is on the 5th floor of Sinchon’s Migliore shopping mall. There are 8 screens and the seating [...]
Namyangju film studio is located in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. Many films and tv shows are made at this studio. They have a huge indoor museum explaining about movies and film productions since the 19th century. The museum is split into many different sections each with a different theme. For example, one theme is about sound effects. [...]
Continue Reading →
Cheonggyecheon river is 8.4km long and located in downtown Seoul, Korea. During the past 40 years Cheonggyecheon river had been covered up, neglected and a highway was built over it. In July 2003, then Seoul Mayor, Lee Myung-bak initiated a restoration project which took 2 years to complete and cost over 386 billion won. This [...]
Continue Reading →
Admiral Yi Sun-sin was a Korean Naval Commander noted for his battles against the invading Japanese. He was born April 28th, 1545 and died in battle on December 16th, 1598. Admiral Yi remains a hero today in Korea. You can find many museums and statues dedicated to him across Korea.
This statue pictured to the [...]
Continue Reading →
Sejong the Great Statue in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.
Who is he?
Sejong was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. His reign of power was from September 18th, 1418 until he died of diabetes on May 18th, 1450.
He was a very smart man. He had a love for Science, [...]
Continue Reading →
Gyeonbokgung Palace also know as Gyeonbokgung was constructed in 1394. The Palace was destroyed during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The South Korean Government in 1989 started a 40 year initiative to rebuild or repair the damage that was done during the Japanese occupation.
You can easily spend hours wandering around this Palace. The whole [...]
Continue Reading →
Seodaemun Prison History Hall preserves and displays the suffering and pain of Koreans during the modern period. Here independence activists and pro-democracy activists were jailed by the Japanese during the Japanese rule of Korea and then later it was taken over by the South Korean Government after the Japanese occupation ended in 1945. The prison [...]
Continue Reading →
The Seoul Fortress wall built 1397 as protection from invaders and show the boundaries of the city. The wall stretches 18.2km but most of it has been destroyed over the years during the Japanese invasion and Korean War. The government is currently trying to restore most of the wall.
We started our journey [...]
Continue Reading →
Ok. Many people have been asking about the D4 Student Visa on the internet. Here is how I got mine in Tokyo, Japan.
First of all, I found a university language program in Seoul. Sogang University seemed like the best option for me. I contacted the school and paid 3 months tuition (1,575,000WON). About 3 [...]
Continue Reading →
St. Patrick’s Day, Seoul. March 19th 2011.
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day was held in Insadong.
The festival was quite enjoyable. They had face painting for everyone, balloons, food and music.
Here was the schedule for the day:
Schedule
11.30-11.45 Video showing Irish dance [...]
Continue Reading →Korea (South) Time
Seoul19°CPartly CloudyHumidity: 64%Wind: NE at 4 mph
