Ttukseom Amusement Park

Kim Yunkun Hello guys! With a lot of holidays in October and with the weather becoming cooler, it is becoming the perfect weather for going on a picnic. If you wanted to go on one but was not sure about the destination let me introduce one of my personal favorite spots. Today I will be […]

Militar reserve force in Korea.

Sooin Moon In Korea, every healthy and viable man must fulfill their obligatory military period. They must serve about 21 months and more, depending on where you apply for. After their service, they will come back to society as a member of the reserve force. What is the reserve force? It’s a way to keep […]

How to buy secondhand books in Korea

Sooin Moon Just starting a new semester in Korea? Are your major classes forcing you to buy books that you know that you’ll only read it once and probably never look at again? And if you decide to buy all your required books, are they too expensive that it will probably cost you that 3-day-trip […]

Jongmyo

Park Junghoon Seoul has many ancient buildings. To name a few, Deoksugung and Gyeongbokgung are them, which are palaces built in Joseon dynasty. However, from the perspective of the people who lived in that era, Jongmyo was more important than anything else because it was a shrine. Even today, the site is one of the […]

Seoul Friendship Festival and Other Events

Park, Jeonghun Near city hall, there are many festivals or events held nearly every weekend. Right before the start of a new semester, I heard the news that they are holding a festival there, which was called “Seoul Friendship Festival”. Because the name was obscure to me, I decided to visit city hall and take […]

Hiking to Gwanaksan Mountain

Kamari Koonce Sometimes living in a city such as Seoul is overwhelming because of how small it is compared to the number of people that actually live here. To put this into perspective, currently over 9 million people live in Seoul versus 8.5 million people in New York, but Seoul is actually 75 square miles […]

Korean versus American Baseball Games

Kamari Koonce When the on-campus business organization called “Glitters” mentioned that they were planning on taking the international students with them to see a baseball game in Korea, I registered as soon as possible. For those who do not know, baseball originated in my home country: America. It is also second behind football as the […]

BREATHTAKING JEJU ISLAND

Kathy Pham If you’re coming to South Korea, Jeju Island is a must see location! Jeju Island has so many beautiful scenic sites and just being on the island was wonderful in itself. What I can say is that Jeju Island is breathtakingly beautiful and when I say breathtaking, I mean it, literally. With all […]