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It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth-largest metropolitan area by population. Incheon has since led the economic development of South Korea by opening its port to the outside world, ushering in the modernization of South Korea as a center of industrialization. In 2003 ...
The Incheon Airport Maglev [2] was a maglev line in South Korea that opened on 3 February 2016 and closed on 1 September 2023. [3] It was the world's second commercially operating unmanned urban maglev line after Japan's Linimo. The trains were lighter, cutting construction costs in half. [4] The majority of construction was completed by ...
David Alan Mason (born November 11, 1957) is an American academic usually based in South Korea.He has been a professor of cultural tourism at Sejong University in Seoul since 2014.
The Han River (Korean: 한강; RR: Hangang [e]) is a major river in South Korea, with some of its tributaries and drainage basin in North Korea.It is the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula after the Yalu ("Amnok"), Tumen ("Tuman"), and Nakdong rivers. [7]
Lotte World or Lotte World Adventure (Korean: 롯데월드 어드벤처) is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea.It consists of a large indoor theme park, [4] an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island on a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, an observation tower, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theaters.
A view of Mount Seorak. Mountains cover 70 percent of Korea and arable plains are generally small and far between the successive mountain ranges. The peninsula becomes more mountainous towards the north and the east, with the highest mountains (including Baekdu Mountain which stands at 2,744 m or 9,003 ft) found in the north.
Korea National Assembly Proceeding Hall in 2019. The National Assembly Proceeding Hall (Korean: 국회의사당; Hanja: 國會議事堂; RR: Gukhoeuisadang) is a building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul which serves as the location of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, the legislature of South Korea.
The South Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KRW; Korean: 대한민국 원) is the official currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit.