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5 Cheap food chains where you can have a meal for under 10 dollars. We can't live a life without the pleasure of eating delicious food. Neither can we enjoy travelling somewhere without good food. What's the point of travelling if you can't try the foods you only can get there? However, if you are travelling on a budget, it would be preferable for you to cut some costs of food. You, even so, might not want to totally give up opportunities of eating good food in ..
Four unique cultures, unfamiliar to foreigners. Anywhere you go, some cultures in a certain country may baffle you. The same is true for those who visit South Korea. While some short-term visitors struggle to understand Korean culture, even some foreigners who stayed long in Korea find some cultural factors still weird. If you are planning to stay in Korea for a while, you would want to be well aware of some Korean cultures. I'm going to brin..
Three lovely cafes in Busan. Anywhere you go, you can't imagine a place without taking a tea break at some cafe. Thankfully, Busan has a lot of pretty cafes, living up to its reputation for tourism. While many cool cafes please people, giving them opportunities to take good pictures for their social media, I visited only three cafes during my four-day trip in Busan. If you are a cafe lover, consider the cafes I suggest in t..
Drop by Geoje when you visit Busan. If you are planning to visit Busan, why don't you put Geoje on your itinerary? Geoje is an island which is about 100 kilometres away from Busan. It takes about one and a half hours by express bus. The reason why I recommend you visit Geoje while you visit Busan is that there are beautiful places in Geoje. One is Oedo Botania, the stunning arboretum you have to enter by ferry, and the other is Ma..
Record rainfall in 80 years in Seoul On the 8th, a lot of flood damage, such as ceilings collapsing in subway stations and stream flooding, occurred as the record downpour hit Seoul and its nearby regions. About 50 cars were submerged, particularly in Gangnam; the roads were closed to traffic. There were power cuts, water leakage, and so on, not to mention delays in returning home. According to Seoul's government and fire authoriti..
8 great places to visit in Busan - part 1/2 1. 이기대 해안 산책로 & 오륙도 스카이워크 (Igidae Cliff Coastal Walk & Oryukdo Sky Walk) Igidae Cliff Waterside Park is one of the beloved parks by the Busan people. It may not be well-known by general tourists to Busan, but local people would always recommend you visit there for its beautiful views. I didn't have enough time to explore the park fully, so I decided to take a walk along the coastal trail from Do..
Apple corrects a mistake in representing the whole Mt. Baekdusan is in Chinese territory. Forced by strong complaints from Korean netizens, US IT giant Apple corrected a mistake in representing the whole Mt. Baekdusan belonged in Chinese territory. Vank, a cyber diplomatic body, had globally carried out a correction movement since the 12th, stating: 'We recently discovered a mistake in which the whole Mt. Baekdusan had been represented as a Chinese territory -- off the Korean peninsu..
Liquor companies try to follow in Jay Park's footsteps after the big hit of his soju product. Liquor companies in South Korea are revving up their engines to attract more public attention and increase their sales quickly. Jay Park's soju product, 'ONE SOJU', has been taking Korean consumers by storm and running out of stock due to its enormous popularity since its rollout. According to GS Retail, on the 20th, 'One Soju Spirit', which has been on the shelves since the 12th, sold more than..