Category Page for: Seoul

Should Foreigners Not Be Allowed To Use Taxis To Go To Namsan?

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2011 at 5:48 pm » Comments (6)

It looks like the Korea Times is trying to stir something up between Koreans and foreigners: The rule meant to give foreigners easier access to the top of Mt. Nam in ...more »

Places In Korea: Jeoldusan Martyr’s Shrine

» by GI Korea May 17th, 2011 at 5:43 pm » Comments (3)

Last week I featured the Jeoldusan Martyr's Shrine as the Korea Finder for that week. I decided to go ahead and up dig some pictures that I took when I ...more »

Picture of the Day: Seoul’s Lotus Lantern Festival

» by GI Korea May 10th, 2011 at 11:55 am » Comments (0)

Robert Koehler has a number of nice shots up of Seoul's annual Lotus Lantern Festival that are worth checking out. more »

Picture of the Day: Ancestral Rites

» by GI Korea May 9th, 2011 at 11:55 am » Comments (0)

Chris Backe has a number of nice pictures and travelog about his visit to the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul to see the annual May 1st Jongmyo Daeje (종묘대제). more »

Picture of the Day: The Seoul Boat Show

» by GI Korea April 15th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Visitors view yachts and other boats alongside the Han River in Yeouido, central Seoul, as part of the 2011 Seoul Boat Show, which will run from ...more »

Picture of the Day: Admiral Yi’s City

» by GI Korea April 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

Robert Koehler over at his photo blog has a nice collection of night time photos of Gwanghwamun and the Cheonggyecheon. I liked the one above of the Admiral Yi Sun-shin ...more »

Picture of the Day: 2011 Seoul International Marathon

» by GI Korea March 21st, 2011 at 12:51 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Participants in the 2011 Seoul International Marathon leave the starting line in Gwanghwamun on Sunday. "][/caption] Via the Chosun Ilbo. more »

Picture of the Day: Banpo Bridge Tightrope

» by GI Korea March 20th, 2011 at 1:09 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Capture from Korean Air's new global commercial that features Seoul's famous Banpo Bridge and N Seoul Tower."][/caption] Via Seoul's Flickr page. more »

Picture of the Day: Turning Off the Red Lights

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="427" caption="Neon signs of an adult entertainment district in Seoul are turned off in the wee hours of March 8, when the Seoul city government put energy-saving ...more »

What People Leave In the Seoul Subway

» by GI Korea January 18th, 2011 at 7:46 pm » Comments (5)

Fortunately for me I have never left anything on the subway before, but quite a few other people have according to this article: ewelry, dentures - and a pet snake. These are ...more »