If you’re not aware of it yet, there’s an excellent new show on Arirang called Semipermanent. Hosted by Erik Moynihan and Tiffany Needham, the show profiles some of Seoul’s most interesting expats to see how they live, work, and play in the city. One of those most interesting expats is our own Meagan Mastriani, who popped…
[ Hello! Before Charlie commences the 101st station here, I wanted to introduce myself—I’m Meagan, the newest member of the Seoul Sub→urban team. I’ll be picking up where Liz left off as photographer (though certainly not replacing her, as nobody could). I was a fan and follower of this project long before I became a…
This is a very bittersweet post for us here at Seoul Sub→urban. On the one hand, we’ve reached something of a milestone: Namtaeryeong marks the 100th station that we’ve visited for the project. When we began we had no idea where it would go or how long it would last, and the idea of covering…
Unusually for this project, my initial visit to Sillim was made on a Tuesday morning, and I was a bit surprised at just how much activity there was around the station. A lot of people out and about, and outside Exit 2 a soundtrack of loud K-pop streamed from speakers mounted on light poles in…
If you look over at the sidebar you might notice a new section, Awards and Acknowledgements, below the links to our coverage in the media. We’ve recently been recognized for our work here by a couple of websites that grant themselves the power to Recognize Websites and Give Out Digital Badges. So, we’ve put them up.…
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