Published: 2025-05-15 17:53:08 Seoul and Tokyo are two of the most populous capital cities in the world and often invite comparison. I took advantage of…
Published: 2025-05-15 17:53:08 Seoul and Tokyo are two of the most populous capital cities in the world and often invite comparison. I took advantage of…
Published: 2025-04-03 16:58:31 In mid-March, I went to Washington for the first time since the pandemic. On one of the days, I went to the…
(Published: 2025-02-06 16:54:22) Last year marked a major turning point in the history of public transit in Seoul. The GTX-A high-speed regional transit line opened,…
(Published: July 13, 2024 – 05:31) Tourism around the world is booming this year, building on several years of recovery from the disruptions of the…
(Published: June 14, 2024 – 05:31) The other day, I was asked what comes to mind when I think of Seoul. I thought for a…
(Published: 2024-03-22 05:24) When people think of multilingual cities, big names like New York and London immediately come to mind. Other important global hubs, such…
(Published: 2024-02-23 05:31) Ask former residents of Seoul, Korean and foreign alike, what they miss most about the city, many will cite the mountains in…
(Published: 2024-02-09 05:30) On a recent visit to Seoul, I noticed something that had never caught my attention before: smoking in outdoor nonsmoking areas. As…
(Published: 2023-12-29 05:31) City rankings often produce strange results. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s high ranking for Osaka, Japan in recent years has always struck me…
(Published: 2023-09-15 05:31) Reading articles about cities around the world almost always invites comparisons with Seoul because it’s the city I know best. I lived…