Don’t be mistaken with the name of the market. They do not give out free stuff. In fact, it is a place where you can find a variety of hand-crafted goods by young artists. It is open from 1pm to 6pm on Saturdays starting from March to November. Though you won’t be getting any free
‘Superman is back’ has become one of the famous reality TV shows in Korea. Even though it was originally aired in 2013 for a special holiday, ‘Chuseok’, it has continued to be aired since then. The idea of this show is that celebrity dads are left to take care of their children without their wives
As Mexican cuisine is quite exotic in Korea, it definitely cost more to eat Mexican food than Korean food. There are a few restaurants but they are not really worth going to sometimes. For instance, Julio Mexican restaurant in Gangnam is a fancy Mexican restaurant. As for the food, I wouldn’t say the food was
One of the popular soju brands, ‘Chum churum soju’, is coming out with a new packaging for summer season. Chum churum means ‘like the first time’, which is also interpreted as pure. It is made by a distiller called Lotte Liquor that produces soju as a second largest company in the world. It looks
Even though public transportation is pretty accessible in Korea, it is necessary to take a taxi back home after a night out, especially on fire Friday ´Bulgeum´ (불금)! Buses stop running between midnight and 5 am, which makes it a little difficult for night owls. I remember staying up at a Burger king once because
One of the biggest K-Indie festivals took place in Seoul last weekend which was the Sound holic Festival. Sound holic is an entertainment spectacle in Korea. Mainly it focuses on Korean indie bands but at the festival there is a diverse bunch of artists performed both from their own entertainment and also from outside. Before
Once again it is the season of rain and wind, the Jangma season. Every year during late June through July, the most annoying Jangma season (known as rainy season or monsoon season by Koreans) will be visiting South Korea with lots of rain and wind, where it may cause some places to flood due to heavy
Since my childhood days, I have been fascinated by European towns. Special thanks to ‘The Sound of Music’, that I have watched at least a 100 times. However, with current responsibilities, Europe was way off my chart. During research on outskirts of Seoul, I came to know of Gapyeong (a county near Seoul). From the images,
