Seoul Village - lists of posts

All posts are listed chronologically with their main topic. It's always about culture but I put "food", "business", "cityscape", "sports", or "politics" where it seemed more appropriate.

This list is updated manually once or twice a year, and links may be missing. The right column is more complete and there, you can also browse by labels or monthly archives.


2011 posts:

2011 q4
- Sampoong Sutbul Galbi (food)
- Happy New Year (culture)
- Six Lanes of Traffic (business)
- KIM Jong-il passes. To KIM Jong-un. Presumably. (politics)
- TempleStay? Check (culture)
- One Thousand Wednesdays (politics)
- Seoul Town Meeting 2011 (politics)
- You bet (culture)
- Yeouido Global Business Support Center (business)
- Hong Bok (food)
- Three out of four Korean single senior households are poor (politics)
- Dice are broadcast (business)
- The Earnit Kingdom: Loan Sharks Feeding Frenzy (business)
- Get the Dasan120 mobile app! (culture)
- "Out of Place" - 2012 Anthology - Seoul Writers Workshop (culture)
- Yeongcheon Market saved, Tongin Market already bukchonized (cityscape)
- Ginza Bairin (food)
- Park Won-soon's wishes for Seoul... Village (politics)
- tech+ 2011 - "Technology@me" (business)
- Kalguksu alley and Gamegol mandu - Namdaemun market (food)
- (Gimbap) Drug Wars in Gwangjang Market (food)
- A new mayor for Seoul, a new landscape for 2012 (politics)
- Park-Na debate on KBS (politics)
- Hangeul exports to Indonesia subject to dumping ? (culture)
- FC Seoul Expats Day (sports)
- Medical Tourism (business)
- KTX coast to coast Incheon-Gangneung (cityscape)
- For Line 1, take the Seoul Museum of History (culture)
- Deoksugung or Gyeongungung ? (culture)
- Korea blitz: all bases loaded (politics)
- D-Cube City and Korean Food Street - Byeokgyesu (food)
- Ray Banned (food)
- Return to Seoul Station (culture)
- Agony and Ecstasy - Pinault collection in Seoul (culture)
- Sajik Heights and Micro-Hanokization (cityscape)
- Junggye's "Baeksa Village" shall survive (cityscape)
- Gyeonggi Business & Culture Networking Day (business)
- Wireless Korea (cityscape)


2011 q3
- FC Seoul Expats day (sports)
- Medical tourism (business)
- KTX coast to coast Incheon-Gangneung (cityscape)
- For Line 1, take Seoul Museum of History (culture)
- Deoksugung or Gyeongungung? (culture)
- Korean blitz: all bases loaded (politics)
- D-Cube City and Korean Food Street - Byeokgyesu (food)
- Ray Banned (food)
- Return to Seoul Station (culture)
- Agony and Ecstasy: Pinault collection in Seoul (culture)
- Sajik heights and micro-hanokization (cityscape)
- Junggye's 'Baeksa Village' shall survive (cityscape)
- Gyeonggi Business & Culture Networking Day (business)
- Wireless Korea (cityscape)
- Kwak's 'gros couac' (politics)
- In memoriam OH Se-hoon (politics)
- Yeongeon Samgyetang - Seoul (food)
- Attractiveness of Seoul - participate to the survey (culture)
- Culture Station Seoul 284 (culture)
- More room(s) for Seoul students (cityscape)
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- Climate Change in Korea (culture)
- Daegu 2011 IAAF World Championships (sports)
- Berlin Wall, Seoul Section(s) (cityscape)
- Jinju Hoegwan - Seoul (food)
- Joseph Beuys - The Multiples in Seoul - SOMA Museum of Art (culture)
- A Dream Bridge to nowhere? (cityscape)
- ASYAAF 2011 (culture)
- It's raining (sports)
- Tongin market opens up to art : adaptation or yet another symptom of Seochon's "Bukchonization" ? (cityscape)
- Seoul free school lunch referendum - continued (politics)


2011 q2
- HomePlus virtual stores in Seoul subway : from your smartphone to Cannes festival screens (business)
- SWW in Hapjeong - Chapter 1 Page A (culture)
- Seoul-upon-Han and Yeongguk-dong (cityscape)
- Seoul-Incheon canal (cityscape)
- K-popping bubbles (culture)
- Seoul Global Business Support Center online (business)
- Korea Inc. united for mobile payments (business)
- 3 subway lines projects revived ? (cityscape)
- Fete de la Musique Seoul (culture)
- Ha Ha - Seoul (food)
- Seoul International Book Fair (culture)
- Charles Sutbul Gimbap - Seoul (food)
- Good Morning Hanoi - Seoul (food)
- International Restaurant Street, Itaewon-ro 27-ga-gil, or Hong Seok-cheon-dae-ro? (cityscape)
- Business Start Up School - Seoul Global Center (business)
- Korea "Tighting" ? (culture)
- Monet to Warhol - Saint Etienne in Daejeon (culture)
- Musee d'Orsay in Seoul (culture)
- Korea Foundation Summer Concert for Foreign Residents 2011 (culture)
- China imports Hanoks, tames its North Korean "province" (politics)
- KAL receives its first Airbus A380 (business)
- Modern art pest control (culture)
- Cloudy skies over Sejong City (cityscape)
- New address system in Korea : 2 more years (cityscape)
- Hongdae snacks - THE Guksu, Kongbul, Maroon 51, Gilmotongi Chili Cha Cha Fingerfood Bar... (food)
- Seoul Global Business Networking Event 2011 (business)
- From Head to Toe (Hats and Shoes) - Folk Museum and Nonhyup Museum (culture)
- Join Seoul Village on Facebook and Twitter ! (culture)
- Brews and bruises (business)
- Seoul Lotus Lantern Festival (culture)
- Seoul Fortress Walls (re)completed by 2014(cityscape)
- Hi Seoul Festival 2011 (culture)
- Seochon, Sejong Village, or what ? (cityscape)
- Seoul, to rise again / Enrique Stanko Vraz's visit to Seoul in 1901 (culture)
- Sanchaehyang - Seoul (food)
- Seoul from above : 40 years of archives soon available (cityscape)
- The Spice - Seoul (food)
- New Towns : hanoks in Eunpyeong, a desert in Wangsimni (cityscape)
- Oegyujanggak books returned (books)
- Saruga begins its metamorphosis (cityscape)
- Re-engaging North Korea - A Four Party Talk (politics)
- Eric Kayser (food)
- Seoul Friendship Fair 2011 (culture / food)
- A rice paddy on Gwanghwamun Square ? (cityscape)
- DMC at full throttle - Songdo from Sim City to Sin City ? (cityscape)

2011 q1
- Peanut houses and 2-in-1 apartments (cityscape)
- Gangnam rule bended (cityscape)
- Hanok New Town in Seongbuk-dong (cityscape)
- Public bike rental services bloom in Seoul and around (culture)
- Yangmiok (food)
- Baek nyeon chueotang (food)
- Noodle road, from laghman to ramyeon (food)
- Saint Patrick's Festival Seoul (culture)
- Shaken and stirred (health)
- Saemangeum Gunsan Free Economic Zone - SGFEZ (cityscape)
- Back from Menilmuche (cityscape)
- IKEA Korea (business)
- Seoul Through Pictures 6 (cityscape)
- DMC aims at Tinseltown - welcome to Hallyuwood ! (business)
- Sinchon reloaded - Sinchon Global Zone (cityscape)
- Impressions papier Hanji (culture)
- Sungwoo Barber Shop, Malli-dong Market (cityscape)
- Yongsan Park - fake forests and real estates (cityscape)
- NK 4.0 ? Kim Jong-il's latest son is only 7 (politics)
- Seoul Art Space Yeonhui (culture)
- New subway cars for lines 5678 (cityscape)
- New Korean Model - continued (business)
- Seoul Photography Festival, Marc Chagall, 40 years of Gangnam (culture)
- The End of the Korean Model ? (business)
- Seoul subway updates : gos, no-gos, maybes (cityscape)

2010 posts:

2010 q4
- Happy new year (culture)
- 2010 Seoul Town Meeting (politics)
- La Celtique (food)
- Drill, baby, drill ! (politics)
- Seoul Skate to reopen Ice Rink on Seoul Plaza (culture)
- Project Obangsaek: a ROKumentary (culture)
- Seoul Marche de Noel (food)
- A National Museum of Korean Contemporary History ???(culture)
- We need to talk about Kim (politics)
- Yi Sun-shin drives away (cityscape)
- G20 Seoul Summit 2010 (politics)
- AREX on time for Seoul - Gimpo - Incheon (cityscape)
- The Great Korean Revolution : addresses with house numbers and street names (cityscape)
- The fastuous and the furious : trimming down Seoul city's most embarrassing projects (cityscape)
- SGBSC + KBC : small business & big party (business)
- KOREA JoongAng Daily, IHT inside (business)
- Every Second Sunday (culture)

2010 q3
- Chuseoaked (cityscape)
- Chuseok dreams : tunnels between Korea, China, and Japan (cityscape)
- TRCK : families of victims demand essential follow-up (politics)
- Reconsidering Sejongno Park (cityscape)
- Insadong - Bukchon seamless for pedestrians (cityscape)
- KIAF, Busan Biennale, and Gwangju Biennale (culture)
- Hi Seoul Festival (culture)
- Yeongam-gun braces for inaugural Formula One Grand Prix (sports)
- Kyobo Bookstore Reopens (culture)
- N.K. 3.0 rebooted - and relocated (politics)
- ICN : simplified immigration procedures for (some) foreigners (politics)
- Jongno Elegy (culture)
- Gwanghwamun inauguration (cityscape)
- The strange case of Dr Andre KIM and Mr KIM Bong-nam (culture)
- Gyeonggyojang back to Donuimun (cityscape)
- Seoul Open Night (culture)
- "6.25 and I"(culture)
- KOTRA opens an Investment Consulting Center to boost FDI (business)
- Business Start-up School - 3rd Session (September) (business)
- Hahoe Village now a UNESCO World Heritage site (culture)
- After the Cheonan Tragedy : the Juche, Sunshine, or China Line ? (politics)
- ASYAAF 2010 (culture)
- Online sales become the first distribution channel in Korea - or is door-to-door back ? (business)
- Gwanghwamun Unveiled !!! (cityscape)
- KUAI 19 (Seoul) (food)
- congdu (Seoul) (food)
- Seoul Digital Media City Tour (cityscape)
- Changdeokgung : from station to station to ashes to ashes (cityscape)
- Electric buses, Smart Chargers : Seoul is really getting serious (cityscape)
- Seoul Global Business Support Center (business)

2010 q2
- About handovers and hangovers (politics)
- Gwanghwamun restoration : too bballi-bballi ? (culture)
- Jongno-gu renovation - continued (cityscape)
- Twice red faced, after hours (sports)
- 1950 Seoul - 6.25 60th Anniversary Special Exhibition (culture)
- Moraenae Seollongtang (food)
- "Be The Reds", But Not Too Red ? (culture)
- Arrested redevelopment (cityscape)
- Pangyo from scratch to crash (cityscape)
- International Archival Culture Exhibition (culture)
- OH Se-hoon V2.0 (politics)
- Seoul National University, a league of their own (sports)
- Smoke free Korea winning ground (cityscape)
- UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul, 7 more candidates for the World Heritage List (culture)
- Seoul Rooftops Go Green (cityscape)
- A Retrospective : Kim Ki-chan and the World of Alleys (culture)
- Anheung's Foggy Dew (culture)
- Hyeongjae Sikdang (food)
- Seohaean Haemul Mat Jib (food)
- Yeonhuigol Gumteo (food)
- DMZ bicycle tour, anyone ? (cityscape)
- Friendship Fair (culture, food)
- Business Start-Up School Program and other Seoul Global Center events (business)
- Tour de Korea (sports)
- Lotus Lantern Festival (culture)
- Yeonhui-dong Kalguksu (food)
- A bump in the road for serviced residences in Korea ? (business)
- A World Cup Bridge for 2015 (cityscape)
- "Global Cluster Building" in Seorin-dong (culture)
- Seoul Plaza Hotel joins the renovation frenzy (cityscape)
- Rodin Retrospective in Seoul (culture)
- ICN Volcano Resort (business)
- The people, the Republic of Korea, and pictures - What's in an exhibition ? (culture)
- Otto Dix in Seoul (culture)
- Seoul city center in Namsan ? Heresy !!! (cityscape)
- FixMyStreet, will you ? (cityscape)
- OH Se-hoon launches the "Seoul Human Town" concept (cityscape)
- Spectacular extensions of Seoul Subway Lines 4-5-6-7 ? (cityscape)
- May 2010 edition of Hi Seoul Festival cancelled - the mayoral race is on (politics)
- "Unguarded Moments" - Steve McCurry in Seoul (culture)
- Ssamziegil without Ssamzie ? (cityscape)
- Red carpet for the World Cup (sports)
- 2012 : zero trans fat (business)
- u-Shelters : smart bus stops in Seoul (cityscape)
- Sajik-dan enshrined, Naeja-dong revived ? (cityscape)

2010 q1
- Tighten your greenbelt (cityscape)
- Korean Air Grounded : Seoul 7 Star Hotel Delayed (cityscape)
- Pimatgol, a streamlet runs through it (cityscape)
- The Empress's Last Bang (history)
- Riverside bicycle road extended to Hanam (cityscape)
- Civil-service satisfaction keeps rising in Seoul (politics)
- Next target : the Supreme Court ? (politics)
- Joeunjib (food)
- Find a name for SGC's new business center at COEX (SGC)
- Expats in Korea : have your say ! (culture)
- Business Start-up Education Program - Seoul Global Center (SGC)
- Apateu Fashion and Houses of cards (cityscape)
- Bob Dylan knock knock knockin' on Seoul's door (culture)
- Kyobo Bookstore v2 (culture)
- Subway news : Sillim line, Line 3... (cityscape)
- Happy New Year Of The Golden (Silver) Tiger (cityscape)
- Visit Korea 2010-2012 (culture)
- Take a ride on the wild side - Peace Bicycle Nuri Road - DMZ (cityscape)
- MOCA at Defense Security Command - continued (culture)
- Yongsan-Gangnam-Bundang subway completed in 2017 (cityscape)
- Ari, Arirang, Ari, Ariul City (cityscape)
- Universal Studios Korea in Hwaseong (culture)
- Spotlights on the Russian Legation (cityscape)
- TRCK lost in translation or lost in transition ? (politics)
- Let it snow (cityscape)
- INCA and other Peruvian civilizations, National Museum of Korea (culture)

2009 posts:

2009 q4
- Happy new year (culture)
- Pyeongchang 2018 vs Sejong City 2010 ? (politics)
- No cars on Gwanghwamun Square for New Year's Day (cityscape)
- Revisionist schoolbooks : change has not come to Japan (politics)
- Hangeul, take a Bau-Bau (culture)
- GOH Kun to head social unity council (politics)
- Seoul 2010 Festivals and World Design Capital Events (culture)
- Seoul Village Boutique (culture)
- Sandeullae - Paju (food)
- Seoul Goes Underground (cityscape)
- No parking (cityscape)
- Achievements and Tasks of TRCK's Activities (politics)
- Monet, Picasso, Rouault, Warhol in Seoul (culture)
- Business for the Environment Global Summit 2010 in Seoul (cityscape)
- Streaming Seoul 2009 (culture)
- Winter Sports at Gwanghwamun Square (culture)
- North Korea's lost won (politics)
- CJ Group announces BBGO, an international bibimbap restaurant chain (food)
- Salgotyi Bridge
- Sejong City and the beauty of lameduckhood (politics)
- Haemil construction, continued (game interrupted) (politics)
- Silgyecheon along Daehangno (cityscape)
- Lost In Translation ? (politics)
- Binding praise for South Korea (politics)
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Guy Delisle) (culture)
- Marche de Noel 2009 Sorae Village (food)
- Bo Chun (food)
- 2 more tunnels up North (cityscape)
- Wangsimni Old Town (cityscape)
- According to the Japanese law, Dokdo is not Japanese (politics)
- Joint memorial in the Land of the Mourning Calm (politics)
- Wrong answer, wrong question (politics - published in JoongAng Ilbo)
- Goghi (food)
- Stop the Hanok genocide... and stop revival as reenactment (cityscape)
- Baekundongcheon / Gwanghwamun-gil - A River Runs Through It (cityscape)
- Eunpyeong New Town, Old Tombs (culture)
- Dongdaemun History Culture Park (cityscape)
- Anheung Jjinbbang (food)
- de Vermis Ttukseomis (culture)
- Ranju Ramien (food)
- Truth and Reconciliation : which model for Korea ? (politics)
- Dunnae Minsokchon (food)
- Shinhotan, Beginning of a new Era - a big MOCA cup for Seoul (culture)
- Donuimun Restauration and Sadaemun Resurrection (cityscape)
- Seongbuk-dong Maemil Sujebi Nurungjibaeksuk (food)
- Santa Sejong is coming to town (culture)
- A common history (politics)
- Mayor Oh Se-hoon answers (politics)
- Kim Jong-il's bridge to nowhere (politics)

2009 q3
- dragedies and Seoul crumbs (culture)
- Sejong City (cityscape)
- Seoul Village Map (culture)
- Chung Mong-joon keeps rising... (politics)
- Gwangju completes the Seongnam-Hanam merger (politics)
- In 2050, almost 10% of Korea's population will not be Korean (politics)
- President Lee, please keep digging (politics - published in JoongAng Ilbo)
- Japan : let's (East) see (politics)
- Donguibogam listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register (culture)
- We don't need no education. Do we ? (politics)
- Naro-1 took off (culture)
- Clean Air in Seoul (culture)
- Seongnam and Hanam merge (cityscape)
- Seoul Fringe Festival (culture)
- Seoul Open Night (culture)
- Kim Dae-jung - the Commander's Statue (politics)
- Bike friendly subway trains and stations (cityscape)
- Gocheok-dong baseball stadium will be domed (cityscape)
- Hoehyeon-dong overpass passes away (cityscape)
- Gwanghwamun Plaza - The Aftermath (cityscape)
- Hangeul lands in Bau-Bau, Indonesia... to save the Cia ! (culture)
- Incheon Women Artists' Biennale (culture)
- Gwanghwamun Square - Preview (cityscape)
- Jongno-gu boars love goguma (culture, food)
- ASYAAF 2009 (culture)
- The Sandwich (food)
- Korean food under attack ! (culture, food)
- Seoul Subway Line 9 (cityscape)
- Seoul Village Movies (culture)
- Myeongdong Gyoja (food)
- The Incredible Shrinking Korea (culture, politics)
- Burning money in Korea (culture)
- Botero v. Renoir (culture)

2009 q2
- Royal Joseon Tombs Become UNESCO World Heritage Properties (culture)
- Taco Chili Chili (food)
- Wonjo Ddeokbokki - a.k.a. Ddeoknimmun (food)
- A silver lining over Seoul mountains (cityscape)
- KIM Jong-nam, Beijing's puppet ? (politics)
- Bukcheongol (food)
- Gogi Ssam Naengmyon (food)
- A Yellow Sea for Roh Moo-hyun (politics)
- Seoul 25 "Gu" - Seoul Map (cityscape)
- Roh Moo-hyun follows Pierre Beregovoy (politics)
- Happiness according to Le Clezio (culture)
- Jongno-gu dongs (cityscape)
- Cafe Sobahn (food)
- Jongmyo Ghosts (culture)
- Rossini (food)
- Bongchu Jjimdak (food)
- Obok Shikdang (food)
- Gwanghwamun Jib (food)
- Le Saint Ex (food)
- Gongxi Myeongwan (food)
- Namuga Ineun Jib (food)
- Cheonjin Poja (food)
- Ssamziegil (culture)
- Korean Hotels call for help - The Fifth Star (food - culture - politics)
- Hi Seoul Festival 2009 - and beyond (culture)
- Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement (culture)
- Seoul loves cycling... even around Gwanghwamun (cityscape)
- Great Wall of China - Anschlussing Korea (continued) (politics)
- King Danjong and Korea's Curse (culture)
- Gonghwachun - Incheon (food)
- Patisserie B (food)
- Sabal (food)
- Between cronyism and cryonics : enter Jang Song-taek (politics)
- Jongno Chapssal Sundae at Seosomun Apt (cityscape - food)
- Korean Cuisine Aiming At Top 5 - China Is Watching (food - culture - politics)
- Yeouido blooming and Danghyeoncheon's "Philosopher's Walk" (cityscape)

2009 q1
- Inwangsan's Great Wall and Seoul's Royal "T" Time (cityscape)
- Welcome to Pimatgol (culture - food)
- Haemil - a Think-tank or only a tank ? (politics)
- Seoul Haechi Taxis - Orange Cabs (culture)
- 50000 Won bank notes (culture)
- Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul (food)
- Gustav Klimt at Seoul Arts Center - Pompidou at SeMA (culture)
- Jongmyo - Changdeokgung Reunited (culture)
- Year of Spamchi (food)

2008 posts:

2008 q4
- Annus Horribilis (food - culture)
- Open Air Pool (culture)
- Gwanghwamun Square (cityscape)
- Seoul Velib' (cityscape)
- Korea Snubs History (politics)
- China Ready to Bail out North Korea (politics)

2008 q3
- Forest Dump (cityscape)
- - KIAF 2008 (culture)
- Hameung Naengmyeon (food)
- Kim Jong-ill ? (politics)
- Buldozing Seoul again - Dongdaemun Design Plaza, New City Hall (cityscape)
- Wonseo-dong's Cheonggyecheon (cityscape)
- Miryang Son Mandu (food)
- Hyewha-dong Rotary (cityscape)
- Chuck Close at Sungkok Art Museum (culture)
- National Museum of Korea indeed (culture - politics)
- Jyeong-dong Guk Si (food)
- Media in Korea (culture - links)
- Waiting for the next Olympic Games (culture)
- Korea on the rocks Part II (politics)
- Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon (culture)
- Seoul Village go Lively (culture)
- Korea's 16 provinces and metro cities (culture - links)
- Seoul City advertising campaign (culture)
- New Towns and preservation (cityscape)

2008 q2
- Haka and axing in Gwanghwamun (politics)
- Sinsikdang (food)
- Restaurants in Korea (food - list)
- Beefing up Korea (culture - food)
- 25 Myeonok (food)
- Claiming Dokdo as "Takeshima" equals claiming Seoul as Gyeongsong-bu (politics)
- 7 zones (cityscape)
- Goodbye HiSeoul, Hello Haechi (culture)
- Festival Season(s) (culture)
- Chungwon Hwaegwan (food)
- Mabang Jib (food)
- Mirak (food)
- Ojangdong Hamheung Naengmyeon (food)
- Woojeong Nakji (food)
- baNK accounts and other accounts for historians (politics)

2008 q1
- Namdaemonium (culture)
- The Bulldozer Canal (politics)
- One million aliens (culture)

2007 posts:

2007 h2
- 12 degrees of separation (politics)
- Return to Naganeupseong (culture)
- Today's news (headlines - links)
- Save Korean Maemis (culture)
- Dog Day Afternoon (culture)
- Photographs (culture)

2007 h1
- Last Cig (2005) (culture)
- The Gaon (food)
- Sejongno (cityscape)
- Damyang (culture)
- Carrefour Junggye (culture)
- Junggye Maeul (culture)
- Hwangak-dong (culture)
- Nowon-gu map (cityscape)
- Nowon-gu (cityscape)
- De Vermis Seoulis (culture)
- About Seoul Village (culture)