Straight answers for your trip to Korea
Which eSIM to buy. Which transit card. Which neighborhood. Whether you need a visa.
English travel pages copy each other and go stale. I read Korean, so I check every guide against the page the price or rule actually comes from: the carrier's own rate card, the city's fare notice, the immigration bulletin. Each guide lists what I read and the date I last checked it.
Latest guides
- Incheon layover under 24 hours: the free tour that gets you out
If your connecting flight leaves within 24 hours of landing, you can register for free at Incheon Airport's own transit-tour desk, in the arrivals hall, and…
- Q-CODE for Korea: only if you passed through these 32 countries
If you stayed in or transited through one of the 32 countries on Korea's current priority quarantine list in the 21 days before you land, you must file a…
- Gyeongbokgung night opening: 300 gate tickets are for foreigners only
Gyeongbokgung's night opening costs 3,000 KRW for anyone aged 7 to 64, online booking closes at 23:59 the night before your visit with no same-day sales…
- Gangnam robotaxi vs metered taxi: the flat fare wins past 1.6 km
Between 22:00 and 05:00 on a weeknight, inside Gangnam's roughly 20.4 km² autonomous-driving pilot zone, Kakao T's "서울자율차" (Seoul Self-Driving Car) option…
- Hangang Bus: 3,000 KRW one-way, and the Climate Card question
A one-way ride on Seoul's Hangang Bus costs 3,000 KRW for an adult, 1,800 KRW for a teenager aged 13 to 18, and 1,100 KRW for a child aged 6 to 12.