An Afternoon at CJ Foods

Late in May, I had the opportunity, along with a handful of other Hanyang Business School students to tour the CJ Foodville (CJ푸드빌) headquarters near Dongdaemun (동대문) with the Glitters team. We met at Hanyang Station on a hot and humid Friday afternoon and took the subway to Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station (동대문역사문화공원역). […]

Get Used to Korean Burgers!

Shake Shack Burger launched in Seoul on 2016. Many people were interested in the famous burger chain. Same as the most of the Koreans I was also one of the people that were expecting to try the premium burger from the east America. Right after the opening of the store, many people came to the […]

Tired from Work? Try Out Daecheon Beach

Popular beachside tourist spots in Korea like Busan (부산), Jeju Island (제주도) and so on are great, but it sure does take a long journey to get to those places. Fortunately, there are some places that are relatively small but only about 2-hour ride from Seoul. Daecheon Beach (대천해수욕장), located in Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도), is a […]

Spending the Night at Wangsimni

Wangsimni (왕십리) is a place in Seoul (서울) that is very near school. Therefore, many Hanyang University (한양대학교) students hang out after school at Wangsimni. Korea is also known to be a country where people do not sleep at night. Korea has many places that are open until late at night or 24 hours open. […]

Seoul-lo 7017

On may 20th, Seoul-lo 7017 (서울로 7017) opened to the citizen of Seoul. Seoul-lo 7017 was a project that changes a road for cars to a road for people. The Seoul Station Overpass (서울역 고가도로) was designed in the form that across from the east to the west of Seoul Station and completed in 1970 […]

A Day in Nara, Japan

  If you are planning a trip to Osaka and Kyoto, consider adding a trip to Japan’s first permanent capital Nara (奈良)! Located less than an hour away from Kyoto and Osaka, Nara was the first permanent capital was in the year 710. In the present-day Nara, the city remains full of historic treasures, including […]

Surviving Korean Drinking Games (Part 4)

The next installment of the long list of Korean drinking games and chants that I (and many of my friends have learned) during our time in Korea.   클레오파트라 (Cleopatra) This song is a simple clapping drinking chant. Every person takes a turn clapping a simple beat and chanting the following sentence: Hangul (한글): 안녕 […]

Visit Universities in Korea (Part 3)

In the first article, I wrote about the two best of best schools that I think. And in the second article, I introduced schools that are located in the west part of Seoul near Shinchon (신촌). In this area, I am going to introduce universities that are in the eastern part of Seoul that includes […]