Feb 18, 2024 • 4 min read
Do you need a visa to enter South Korea? Read our guide to find out.
Feb 18, 2024 • 4 min read
Do you need a visa to enter South Korea? Read our guide to find out.
Feb 18, 2024 • 7 min read
South Korea's seasons bring exciting events and festivals, as well as action-packed activities. Here's how to decide when you should go there.
Feb 18, 2024 • 10 min read
Before your trip to this cultural powerhouse, read our tips for planning, navigating etiquette, health and safety concerns and more.
Feb 17, 2024 • 10 min read
South Korea might not leap out as the obvious place for a road trip, but the back roads reveal a different side to the peninsula. Here are our top trips.
Feb 17, 2024 • 8 min read
With some of the best public transport in the world, South Korea is a gift to travelers. Here's what you need to know about getting around when you arrive.
Jan 27, 2024 • 17 min read
If you’re just getting started with points and miles, Seoul makes a fantastic point to begin your journey. Here's how.
Apr 28, 2023 • 6 min read
If you had to make the tough decision to visit either Japan or South Korea, which would it be? Let two expert writers help you decide.
Sep 27, 2022 • 6 min read
In Korea, food is for the soul as well as for the stomach. Whatever takes your fancy, start with our beginner’s guide to Korean dining.
Aug 19, 2022 • 8 min read
Here are the best places to hike in South Korea, from challenging mountain ascents to urban explorations and relaxing seaside strolls.
Aug 15, 2022 • 9 min read
From urban oases and subtropical sanctuaries to simply perfect stretches of sand, these are some of South Korea’s best beaches.
Aug 10, 2022 • 9 min read
In South Korea, you are never far from delicious street food to satisfy your cravings. Here are the best street foods to try and where to find them.
Aug 1, 2022 • 8 min read
Jjimjilbang – literally "heated rooms" – are an essential part of South Korean culture. Here's how to experience a Korean bathhouse like a local.
Jul 6, 2022 • 6 min read
If you’re looking to explore the great outdoors in South Korea, here’s our primer on the country’s top national parks, from mountains to marine areas.
Jan 4, 2021 • 6 min read
As vaccines begin to roll out in the US and abroad, travelers are optimistic about returning to a peripatetic lifestyle in the new year.
Sep 10, 2019 • 7 min read
In all of Sofia Levin's travels, she often feels safest in Asia. Here are six destinations in Asia that Sofia recommends for solo female travellers, as well as…
Nov 27, 2018 • 6 min read
Germ-laden airports, upended sleep patterns and unfamiliar local bugs are just a few of the health risks travellers face when seeing the world. But…
Aug 9, 2018 • 5 min read
It’s 2am on a Saturday night in Seoul and the local watering hole is a packed house. You can hardly find a seat but eats are cheap and drinks are even…
Jan 4, 2018 • 6 min read
Quieted away, around the corner from one of South Korea's grandest hotels is a great food secret: Gwanghwamun Jip. Its worn-out blue sign gives away the…
Aug 9, 2017 • 5 min read
For over 2000 years Koreans have been shaping the landscape around them into pleasing contours and vistas. The arrangement of rocks is a crucial element…
Nov 18, 2015 • 6 min read
Though South Korea may not spring immediately to mind as a winter sports destination, its well-developed resorts and abundance of snow make it a…
Aug 28, 2015 • 4 min read
The term 'street art' can often conjure up an image of hooded graffiti-artists stenciling edgy pieces down seedy city laneways in the dark of the night.
Aug 12, 2015 • 5 min read
South Korea knows how to let loose and get wonderfully bonkers. Of course, the country's wealth of captivating temples and museums are well worth visiting.