Google Maps still won’t walk you anywhere in Korea. How Naver Map and Kakao Map really compare for foreigners, from English search to buses and subway exits.
The first Korean banknote most visitors really look at is the ten thousand. It is the green-blue one with King Sejong on the front, it comes out of every ATM, and it sits in your hand feeling like it ought to be worth something. Ten thousand of anything sounds like a lot. Then you buy … Read more
Buying KTX tickets for foreigners: Korail’s English app and website, machines and windows at the station, which Seoul station your train leaves from, and whether the KORAIL PASS is worth it.
Korean clothing sizes for foreigners, explained by a local: why free size ruins most shopping trips, where the bigger sizes actually are, the shoe millimetre wall, and the four measurements to carry.