[box_dark]Breakfast[/box_dark] Waffles and Coffee at Beans Bins If you are going to climb the epic shopping mountain of Dongdaemun, then you have to get a hearty breakfast with lots of coffee. Beans Bins Coffee in the Doota shopping complex is a great first spot. They have freshly made waffles with many different toppings. Get your sugar and caffeine fix […]
Zen Hideaway | 젠 하이드어웨이 (Myeong-dong) This stylish restaurant in Myeong-dong has a calming energy in a wide-open atmosphere. The interior has Japanese lines but a Thai edge. The food is an interesting blend of Asian and Italian. Here you can get pastas with a spicy seafood sauce or a salmon salad with peanut sauce […]
Manseok Dakhanmari | 만석닭한마리 (Insa-dong) It’s all about the broth. The rich chicken broth here in Insa-dong is flavored with oriental herbs, mung beans, and spices, and it is then used to cook a whole chicken. One of the best parts about this place is the sauce you make to dip the chicken in. You get fresh […]
Daegwallyeong Sheep Ranch | 대관령 양떼목장 OK, sheep are probably not the first thing to pop into mind when considering Korea’s top tourist destinations. This is what gives Daegwallyeong Sheep Ranch, deep in the highlands of Korea’s Taebaeksan Mountains, its charm. It’s an exotic landscape of rolling, treeless hills of grazing land, so very unlike anywhere […]
Lee Eunsook Neon Lights at the DMZ? Writen by Brenda Paik Sunoo Photographed by Ryu Seunghoo [box_info] Artist Lee Eun-sook highlights tragedy of separated families To mark the 60th anniversary since the armistice of the Korean War, globally-acclaimed installation artist Lee Eun-sook has dedicated her latest work along the wired fence located in the […]
Uljin | 울진 The small East Coast town of Uljin in the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do is a very pleasant place to spend a winter weekend. Its quaint provincial feel is as relaxing and reinvigorating as it is disarmingly charming. The town is home to not just one, but two major spa resorts. Baekam Spa 백암온천 is Korea’s only radioactive sulfur spa. Nestled on the slopes […]
Times Square | 타임스퀘어 Yeongdeungpo’s Times Square shopping mall is one of Seoul’s more visually appealing shopping centers thanks to its futuristic design by Junglin Architecture. Like any proper Korean shopping complex, it’s a virtual city unto itself, with a major department store, a multiplex theater, supermarket, fitness center, hotel, tons of restaurants, and much, much more. If you’re looking to stay indoors all day, this is […]
Feb 19, 2013 / Issue No. 568 Bookshop Staff Needed Seoul Selection Bookshop is looking for one full-time staffer and a part-time staffer. The full-time position is for 9:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday, plus a half-day every other Saturday. The part-time position is 2pm to 5pm on Saturday. Applicants should speak Korean and English. […]
Panoramic view of Suncheon Bay Ecological Park. Photo by Nino Sandil, a tourist from Manila.