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Directions: 30 Samcheong-ro, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. A short walk from Anguk Station (Line 3, Exit 1) or Gyeongbokgung Station (Line 3, Exit 5) on the Seoul metro. Times: Open daily, 10 a ...
Why Google Maps Can’t Guide You Through Seoul Few realize that South Korea bars foreign companies from exporting the mapping data necessary for digital map services. That may soon change.
Video: Stressed Over Divorce, 67-Year-Old South Korean Man Sets Seoul Metro Coach On Fire Six passengers suffered burn injuries while 23 others, including the arsonist himself, required treatment ...
Surveillance footage released by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office captured the harrowing moment a man set a fire on a crowded subway in the South Korean capital. (Reuters/CBS ...
South Korean prosecutors have released footage of the moment a man doused a packed train with gasoline and set it alight. A 67-year-old man has been charged with arson and attempted murder. The ...
Seoul subway base fare to rise by 150 won from June 28 Passengers walk past turnstiles at a subway station in Seoul on June 27, 2025, one day before the base fare for subway rides in the Seoul ...
SEOUL: (Bernama-Yonhap) An arson incident aboard a Seoul subway train on Saturday caused estimated financial damage of over 300 million won (US$217,000), fire authorities said on Sunday (June 1 ...
Seoul Metro said Saturday it will strengthen security at all stations and trains under its authority until June 3 to prevent any similar cases, in cooperation with relevant agencies. Updated, May 31: ...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A man started a fire inside a moving subway train in Seoul around 8:40 a.m. on Saturday, forcing about 400 passengers to evacuate on foot through the tunnel, according to South ...
Seoul’s individual subway line maps have been redesigned for the first time in 40 years, aiming to make them more user-friendly and accessible compared to previous maps, including for non ...
The subway map, which the Seoul City is revising for the first time in 40 years starting in the second half of this year. /Courtesy of Seoul City ...