Save your Lungs from the”Fine Dust” fog!

Park Jeonghun At 8:00am, you wake up, and get out of your house to start your day.  But when you look up to the morning sky, it looks as if it is foggy. As you walk into the “fog”, you start to have a soar throat. When you look up the weather forecast, it says […]

Health problems while staying in Korea

Sooin Moon Living in a foreign country can be tough. New people, new foods, new languages and new cultures can shock your bodies, making you sick during your short time here. There are so many cases that can hurt you or make you sick. One of the most frequently seen happening would be being sick […]

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 […]

To get a haircut in Korea.

Sooin Moon Once you are here in Korea, it’ll be pretty tough to adjust into this society, especially if you are from somewhere out of Asia, and unprepared. However, you’ll start to be able to make some friends, get along with, hang out in some exotic places, and even go to some other countries nearby, […]

The review of 2 Korean Coffee Franchises

Jeonghun Park Coffee shops or Cafés are everywhere in Korea. The claim that there are more Starbucks in Seoul than in New York is proven true. So, it would not be wrong to call drinking coffee a national pastime. There are numerous franchises that sell coffee or coffee-based drinks inside their stores.  Some are satisfactory, […]

Bukhansan

You have most probably heard about Seoul’s famous mountain, Bukhansan. Situated in the northern park of the city (Dobongsan station- line 7), It has been designated as a national park since 1983. The meaning behind the name is literally  “big mountain in the north”. The mountain has multiple sharp peaks that contrast with the forest […]

Korean Oriental Medicine Clinic

Sooin If there is anything that is really weird in the eyes of some, but is totally normal for some others, I would vote for KOMC as one of those things. KOMC, as is stated in the title, stands for Korean Oriental Medicine Clinic. KOMC is one of the big schools of oriental medicine. For […]

What Should You do if You Get Sick in Korea?

Since coming to Korea, I’ve felt sick more times than I can count. Runny nose, fever, sore throat, muscle aches – if your immune system is easily weakened, then you might want to take some precautionary measures ASAP. In this article, I’ll be sharing some of my personal experiences with local pharmacies and doctors, and […]