Transport
Getting around Seoul and the country — cards, apps, fares and luggage.
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Luggage Storage in Yeouido: Where to Leave a Suitcase
Checked out at eleven with a flight at nine. The free staffed desk most people miss, the mall lockers, the station ones, and what to do when they are full.
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Kakao Map: The App Koreans Check Before They Eat
The second map worth installing. Why its restaurant ratings are the ones locals trust, plus roadview into the past and pins sent straight into KakaoTalk.
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Naver Map: The App You Install Before You Land in Korea
Google Maps still cannot route you on foot in Korea — that is changing, slowly. What Naver Map does in English, Chinese and Japanese, and how to set it up.
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Shipping Within Korea: Which Service, and What It Costs
Taekbae, quick service, freight or a fulfilment centre — the five things Koreans mean by delivery, what decides the price, and how to book without Korean.
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Seoul's Climate Card Is Ending: What Replaces It, and When
The 30-day Climate Card is being wound down and folded into K-Pass. The dates that matter, and the paper route foreigners are told to use.
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Lost Something on the Seoul Subway? Read the Door Number
Seoul's lost property desks are split by line, each with its own number — and the car-and-door marker on the platform is what makes your bag findable.
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Minor Car Accident in Korea: The ₩13.9M Bill, Itemised
A minor touch in Seoul ran to ₩13.9m. Who to call — the rental company or your insurer — why you never settle in cash, and the real settlement, itemised.
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Seoul Subway Fares: What It Costs, Plus a 6:30am Discount
Adult ₩1,550 to start, ₩100 more per 5km, and free transfers if you tap out. The official 2026 fare table, turned into what you'll actually pay.
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Seoul Subway Lines, Explained: What Each Color Gets You
Which colour goes where, why the number under it matters more than the name, and the express trick that halves a commute. A line-by-line cheat sheet.
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Getting Around Seoul: Subway, Bus, Taxi, Uber and KTX
Which one to actually use, and when. Subway by day, taxi after midnight, Uber vs Kakao T, and how to reach another city — with the two-person maths.
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T-money Card Korea: Buy One, Tap Everywhere, Transfer Free
Skip the transit-card research. Buy T-money at any convenience store, top up in cash, always tap out — and free transfers do the rest. With 2026 fares.
