Seoul Sub→urban in Seoulist Magazine

Clara Suh and Meagan Mastriani have put together a piece on Seoul Sub→urban in the online magazine Seoulist, a cool new addition to the English-language media in Korea. Check it out here if you’re so inclined.

Danggogae Station (당고개역) Line 4 – Station #409

As with so many of the stations that ring Seoul’s outer edges, Danggogae sits in the shadow of the nearby mountains, in this case Buramsan (불암산) to the southeast and Suraksan (수락산) to the north, and just outside of Exit 1 you’ll find a large map that outlines the local hiking trails, which a fair…

Sanggye Station (상계역) Line 4 – Station #410

In the 1960s and 70s, as Seoul’s modernization shifted into high gear, large numbers of residents living in Hannam-dong (한남동) and around the Cheonggye Stream (청계천) were relocated to make way for development projects. Overwhelmingly poor, many simply living as squatters, a large number were resettled in Sanggye-dong (상계동), in far northeastern Seoul, where roughly…

Hanyang University Station (한양대역) Line 2 – Station #209

Put on your varsity jacket and turn on your Vampire Weekend, we’re going back to school. Quite obviously, Hanyang University Station serves the campus of Hanyang University (한양대학교). Founded in 1939 as the Dong-A Engineering Institute, Hanyang is one of Korea’s top schools and home to its most prestigious engineering program. Exit 1 will drop…

Wangsimni Station (왕십리역) Line 2 – Station #208, Line 5 – Station #540, Jungang Line – Station #K116

Seoul Sub→urban would like to thank Meagan Mastriani for inviting us to and showing me around her work neighborhood of Wangsimni. Meagan writes about food, mostly, and you can check out her take on the local dining scene at her column, Savoring Seoul, in the online magazine Honest Cooking. I met Meagan on a recent…