Before getting to the post, we’d like to extend an enormous ‘thank you’ to Jiaying Lim, who was a huge help giving us tips for the neighborhood around Hansungdae. (She even hand-drew us a map!) We strongly suggest you check out her blog at xoxoseoul.wordpress.com, where she posts English translations of Korean pop culture articles,…
One of the newest stations in the Seoul metro system, National Police Hospital Station was built right next to, you guessed it, the National Police Hospital (국립경찰병원), a hulking off-white brick building looking out over the intersection near Exit 1. A sign near its driveway says ‘ONE-STOP 지원센터 (support center)’ which makes it sound more…
It’s Seoul Week at ExploreMetro, a great series of iPhone apps that provide maps, routes, and timetables for subways in some of Asia’s biggest cities. All this week the site’s blog will be featuring specially chosen posts from Seoul Sub→urban and offering the Explore Seoul app for just $0.99, 50% off the usual price.…
Gaerong Station sits at the southeast corner of the large Ogeum Park (오금공원) that we visited when we went to, er, Ogeum Station, so you can get the skinny on the park at that post. The one difference that I’ll point out is that the part of the park across the street from Exit 1…
Having made the trek allllll the way across Seoul to go to Bangi Station, I wasn’t about to make the two-hour round-trip commute without getting my money’s worth, so a visit to next door Ogeum Station was in order. And like Bangi, the most salient feature of the Ogeum neighborhood is the amount of greenery…
Seoul Sub→urban 