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| Living in Korea
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| T card (Taking subway or bus)
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| You can buy prepaid card. You can buy it at the subway station or bus stop and
when you used it up. You can pay more money and then they will charge T money again into the T card there.
There are some kinds of credit cards that have T card function. And then you can pay later. You can touch
T card on the machine when you get the bus or subway (almost every one in Seoul Korea uses it, so you can know
how to do it just by seeing other guys acting),and you should touch the card on the machine at the exit gate.
Transferring is free, it cost only by distance you travel. You can transfer bus to bus, bus to subway, subway
to bus. When you transfer, you should touch the card on the machine. Not to mention, you don't have to touch
the card when you transfer subway to subway.
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| Climate
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March~May : Spring. It's warm. In early season it's cold in the morning and evening.
From time to time it's cold till April.
You may catch cold so take care. Several times Yellow dust comes from China. It looks like smog, but yellow.
In northern China, there is desert region. When strong wind blows up sand and dust, the wind moves sand and
dust to north-east China, Korea and Japan. When it's strong, eyes and throat hurt. So stay home or wear mask
when you go out. Except it, spring is great.
June: Summer starts, several weeks, Monsoon season, it rain a lot.
July~August: Summer, hot, high humidity, sometimes like sauna. So it's vacation season. People go to coast or mountain.
Several Typhoons pass near Korea.
September~November: From mid-September, we can call it as autumn, cool wind starts to blow, personally I like this season.
Cool wind. Sky is beautiful and colorful leaves. In early season, sometimes Typhoon passes.
December~February: Winter, cold and snow. When it snows it's bad to drive. Some people go skiing.
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| Climate data
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Monthly average temperature(1971~2000)
Quoted from Korea Meteorological Administration
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Average Temp
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-2.5
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-0.3
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5.2
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12.1
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17.4
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21.9
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24.9
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25.4
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20.8
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14.4
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6.9
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0.2
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Max Temperature
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1.6
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4.1
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10.2
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17.6
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22.8
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26.9
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28.8
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29.5
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25.6
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19.7
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11.5
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4.2
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Min Temperature
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-6.1
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-4.1
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1.1
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7.3
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12.6
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17.8
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21.8
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22.1
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16.7
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9.8
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2.9
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-3.4
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| Serviced residence
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Serviced residence is similiar to hotel. Serviced residence is cheaper than hotel. It has room, bathroom, furniture, appliances
and kitchen. TV and internet access is supplied. They supply room cleaning service everyday. There is front desk. They help you
check in and check out.
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| Fully furnished apartment
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Fully furnished apartment is cheaper than hotel or serviced residence. It has room, bathroom, furniture, appliances and kitchen.
It is good for the businessman who should stay in Korea for several months. TV and internet access are supplied. 1 bedroom costs
700,000KRW~1,800,000KRW/a month, 2 bedroom costs 1,300,000KRW~3,000,000KRW/a month in Yeoksam-dong area. Price depends on size,
quality and location etc. It is common in Kangnam area especially in Yeoksam-dong, Nonhyun-dong, Daechi-dong.
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| Law related to real estate
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Can foreingers buy real estate in Korea?
In brief, Yes, but there are some obligations.
Foreigner who acquired the land in Korea, he or she shall report the fact to the Si office(it means City hall except big city like Seoul etc.)/Goon office (it means small town in province like county)/Gu office (such as Kangnam-gu office etc.)
within 60 days after the conclusion of contract.
And he or she shall obtain the permission from the head of Si/Goon/Gu office if the land is located in some special district or area
such as military installation protection area and so on.
And if the land was acquired by other reasons than contract such as inheritance, auction and so on, he or she shall report the fact to Si/Goon/Gu office
within 6 months.
And certified realtor can report the fact as a proxy of the person who acquired the land if he or she requests and can report it by using internet like Real Estate Transaction Management System.
And if you need more detail, please read followings, or you may e-mail us.
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| Quoted from Ministry of Government Legislation
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| Foreigner's Land Acquisition act: Click here
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| Foreign investment promotion act: Click here
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| Foreign exchange transactions act: Click here
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| Somewhere to visit in Korea
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| Namdaemun market
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| It's old and big market. They sell almost everything. Goods are cheap and have good quality.
There are lots of restaurants. Many foreigners visit there. Subway station Hoehyoen, line number 4, blue line
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| Dongdaemun market
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| There are big shopping mall. There is good place to buy clothes. There are Doota, Migliore, APM etc.
There is crowded all day long, especially from night to dawn, lots of people do shopping. Usually, there is where young people
like to visit. In front of big shopping mall ( it's high rise building), there is stage, they do public performance. Sometimes
they give free gift as promotion. Subway station Dongdaemun stadium line number 4, blue line.There are almost high rise apartment.
there live US 8th army, civilian and Japanesse. It is convenient to live because there are a lot of restaurant and shop.
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| Kyungbokgung
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| It's the palace of Chosun Dynasty. You can see the Korean traditional type of palace.
Subway station Gwanghwamun, line number 5
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| Cheonggaecheon
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| It is newly development small stream. For it is in the downtown, lots of people visit there.
There are quite good places to see, because they pour a lot of money there. Water is clean. It starts just beside to City hall.
Subway station City hall line number 1 or line number 2 (intersect each other)
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| Changdukgung
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| It's the palace of Chosun dynasty. Inside the palace, there is Secret Garden.
Subway station Anguk line number 3, orange line.
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| Namsan Tower
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| It's tower on top of Namsan(small hill) of downtown. There is restaurant that has slowly turning
table 360degree, As eating dinner, you can see whole scenery of Seoul city. There is cable car that goes to top of the hill.
You can use circulation bus (number 02, yellow color ),
At exit number 1, subway station Chungmuro, line number 3 or 4 (intersect each other),
Or exit number 6, subway station Dongguk Univ, line number 3,
When you use cable car,
Exit number 3, subway station Myeongdong, line number 4, blue line,
And walk, it takes almost 10 minutes,
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| Yongsan e market
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| Korea is the one of the best maker of electronics like appliances, cell phone etc.
In there, you can see and/or buy almost all items of electronics. Price is quite cheap.
Subway station Sinyounsan line number 4, Yongsan line number 1.
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| to go in summer
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If you don't have enough time to go far far away
there are some places you can go on subway
Swimming pool
Ddooksum swimming pool (Ddooksum amusement park station line # 7)
Mangwon swimming pool (Hapjung subway station line #2 and line #6)
Yeouido swimming pool (Yeouinaroo subway station line #5)
Jamwon swimming pool (Shinsa subway station line #3)
Jamsil swimming pool (Shinchun subway station(not shinchon) line #2)
Gwangnaroo swimming pool (Amsa subway station line #5)
Other places except swimming pool
Gwanaksan-mountain (Seoul national university subway station line #2)
Dobongsan-mountain (Donbongsan subway station line #1)
Jebudo-island (Oido subway staion line # 4)
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