How to get to Everland by train

Train goes to EVERLAND!  Seoul is known for many things: Gangnam Style, Korean Dramas, and technology just to name a few. This week on my ongoing series about Korea’s implementation of advanced technologies, I’m turning my attention to an old favorite of mine: trains. Seoul has, in my opinion, the best subway system in the world. One can virtually travel to just about every corner of the Seoul metro area via the subway and it’s dirt cheap. At end of April, the metro’s latest line finally opened: The Everline. Image Credit: Yongin...

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Super Junior ends world tour in Beijing

Super Junior ends world tour in Beijing Super Junior By Kim Ji-sooK-pop group Super Junior wrapped up its world tour with a performance in Beijing, Saturday.The group sang about 28 songs, including popular numbers such as “Sorry Sorry,” “Mr. Simple” and “Free & Single,” as well as presenting “character” shows where themembers transformed into characters from the movie “The Avengers.”With that performance, Super Junior wrapped up its world tour titled “Super Show 5” which took it through...

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Rock the world!

Rock the world! YB’s guitarist Heo Joon, from left, vocalist Yoon Do-hyun, drummer Kim Jin-won, bassist Park Tae-hee and guitarist Scott Hellowell are caught in this teaser photo for the band’s first English-language digital single “Cigarette Girl.” / Courtesy of Dee Company Veteran rock band YB going globalBy Park Si-soo“BANG BANG BANG BANG du-dung du-dung ...”Powerful drum beats open the track. The solo performance is soon overrun by the noisy but rhythmic sound of electric guitar.The sound instantly stirs listeners to shake their...

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'My Love' sparks hallyu sensation

'My Love' sparks hallyu sensation “My Love From the Star,” starring hallyu heartthrob Kim Soo-hyun, left, and Jun Ji-hyun, has gained popularity in Korea and China./ Courtesy of SBS Drama fever spills over fashion, foodBy Chung Ah-youngIn December, the SBS television drama series “My Love From the Star” got off to a shaky start amid a heated controversy over plagiarism, as it adopted a concept similar to the comic book series “Seol Hee.” But the drama ended up creating a huge hallyu sensation not only in Korea, but in China as well.When...

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2NE1 splashes on Billboard

2NE1 splashes on Billboard By Chung Ah-youngK-pop girl group 2NE1 has set the record for the highest-ranking K-pop album on the Billboard 200 with its latest album “Crush.”2NE1's second full-length album was No. 61 on the Billboard 200, Wednesday, one of the main charts along with the Hot 100. The album sold 5,000 copies in the week ending March 2, according to Billboard.com, quoting Nielsen SoundScan."Crush" broke the record for K-pop albums, set by Girls’ Generation’s TTS unit’s extended-play album “Twinkle,” which reached 126th...

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Kimchi jjigae

Kimchi jjigae Published : 2014-03-07 19:40Updated : 2014-03-07 19:40 Kimchi jjigae (Korean Bapsang) When kimchi gets old, it becomes an excellent ingredient for various other dishes! The most common dish made with aged kimchi is kimchi jjigae. It’s a go-to stew in Korean homes. Growing up in Korea, we had a lot of meals just with kimchi jjigae and a bowl of rice. I don’t remember ever getting tired of it.There are many ways to make it. The popular version, which is also my favorite, is made with fatty pork. Kimchi...

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Bossam (boiled pork wraps)

Published : 2014-02-28 19:29Updated : 2014-02-28 19:29 Bossam (boiled pork wraps). (Korean Bapsang) Bossam is a boiled pork dish. The meat is boiled in a flavorful brine until tender and served thinly sliced. At the table, each person wraps the meat in salted napa cabbage leaves along with radish salad (musaengchae, or muchae) and saewujeot (salted shrimp). Sometimes, fresh garlic slices, chili pepper slices or fresh oysters are added. Salted napa cabbage is traditional, but you can also use lettuce or perilla leaves to make wraps. Or,...

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Calendar for March

Classical musicLondon Symphony Orchestra: For the ninth time, the London Symphony Orchestra will be playing in Korea, this time with conductor Daniel Harding. It will hold two concerts at Seoul Arts Center, on March 10 and 11. The first concert will feature works by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Schubert. For the second one, the orchestra will play Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with soloist Kim Sun-wook, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan.” Ticket prices range from 60,000 won to 300,000 won. For more information, call (02) 599-5743.Il Giardino...

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EMILYBNB #4

Emilt loft #4 is ideal for couple but also suitable for a family or up to 6 adults looking to explore the best of rich historical cultural past and its dynamic present at this center of Seoul city and you can look at  mountains from room on the highest floor. ★The surrounding landscape from emilybnb  ■ THE NEIGHBORHOOD I love Jong-ro for many reasons, but especially there are a lot of different places that you can visit just by walking around, JONGRO is basically a long avenue that stretches all the way from the...

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★Lovely Loft with view in center

Emilt loft #3 is ideal for couple but also suitable for a family or up to 5 adults looking to explore the best of rich historical cultural past and its dynamic present at this center of Seoul city and you can look at  mountains from room on the highest floor.  ★The surrounding landscape from emilybnb #1,#2 ■ THE NEIGHBORHOOD I love Jong-ro for many reasons, but especially there are a lot of different places that you can visit just by walking around,...

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