Chungmuro – this area under the Japanese colonial period had been part of the xxx district, and in the wake of the renaming efforts after World War II, decided to name it ‘Chungmu’ Road. For those familiar with Sino-Korean characters, the ‘Chungmu’ refers to ‘loyal’ and ‘war’, or ‘martial’, which was the name of the […]
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This is a guide to the neighborhoods and different districts of Seoul, and where you might want to stay on your next trip. First, when you set out planning your trip to Seoul, you’ll be faced with the choice of either staying in a hotel, or in a homestay/Airbnb. Airbnb actually covers Seoul quite well,
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With 1.2-1.3 million visitors a year, Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul ranks as one of the top 5 aquariums in Asia by visitation. It’s not the only aquarium in Seoul but it’s our favorite and the newest. Home to Korea’s largest 25 meter wide tank, the aquarium boasts 650 species of 55,000 marine animals. Overall
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Most Popular Attractions in Korea – Overall In writing this post, we had an internal debate about how to actually measure popularity. Should we use social media websites? Google? Naver? In the end, we figured that if we could find the most visited attractions in Korea, it would be a decent proxy for popularity. Despite
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