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Picture of the Day: 2011 Seoul International Marathon

» by 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 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 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 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 »

Picture of the Day: Helping Out at Gyeonghui Palace

» by November 16th, 2010 at 12:46 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Foreign volunteers from the Seoul Global Center clean up Gyeonghui Palace in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. "][/caption] Via KBS Global. more »

Picture of the Day: Fatal Bus Crash In Seoul

» by November 6th, 2010 at 1:16 pm » Comments (12)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" The left side of a #9000 bus after being crushed in a collision with a tour bus at the intersection of Euljiro 2-ga, central Seoul, yesterday. ...more »

Picture of the Day: 1960 View From Slopes of Namsan

» by September 5th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

My mother Elly Smothers in June 1960 on the southern side Namsan Mountain, south of Seoul, Korea. In the background is the Han River and parts of Itaewon ...more »

South Korean Prime Minister Resigns Over Fight to Move Capital South of Seoul

» by July 31st, 2010 at 9:48 am » Comments (3)

I have always thought it makes sense from a national security perspective for the South Korean government to move key military and government installations further south and its too bad ...more »

What Are Seoul’s Best Walking Trails?

» by July 10th, 2010 at 2:24 am » Comments (7)

The Korea Herald has a list published of what it is calling Seoul's best walking trails. Here is the list of the walking trails the newspaper is recommending: King’s trail, The ...more »

Picture of the Day: Swimming Across the Han River

» by July 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Elementary school children swim across the Han River from Hangang Citizens' Park to Ddukseom in Seoul Wednesday afternoon to commemorate the 1950-53 Korean War. An estimated ...more »

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