Chungjeongno Station (충정로역) Line 2 – Station #243, Line 5 – Station #531
There are some neighborhoods in Seoul that have their own distinct character or spirit. Then there are neighborhoods like Chungjeongno that don’t feel quite like their own place but rather sponge up...
View ArticleMyeongdong Station (명동역) Line 4 – Station #424
There are chickens in Myeongdong. Not stuffed or deep-fried, but real actual chickens, about ten of them, that twitch and peck at the dirt in someone’s small yard. Administratively speaking, they...
View ArticleEuljiro-1-ga Station (을지로입구역) Line 2 – Station #202
On a normal day Euljiro-1-ga pulses with activity, occupying the sweet center between Myeongdong’s shopping bazaar, the metropolitan seat of power at City Hall, and Seoul’s centuries-old main...
View ArticleSeodaemun Station (서대문역) Line 5 – Station #532
The gates that gave their names to the Dongdaemun and Namdaemun neighborhoods still stand, and their presence puts the stamp of history on the areas around them. They’re constant reminders of the...
View ArticleEuljiro-3-ga Station (을지로3역) Line 2 – Station #203, Line 3 – Station #330
What do people do in Euljiro-3-ga? They put on suits and ties and go to work at the gleaming new glass and steel office towers that crowd around the intersection of Eulji-ro (을지로) and Samil-daero...
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