public transportation

Among the smaller but immediately practical changes taking effect in Seoul this month is an extension of the maximum ride time on the city’s village buses (마을버스) — the short-route …

A video posted June 20 to the YouTube channel “Kingbatjyu” showed a man who had taken off his shoes and stretched his bare feet across a Seoul subway pregnancy-consideration seat, …

Anyone who has ridden the Seoul subway has probably seen it: a pink-tinted “pregnancy consideration seat” (임산부 배려석), clearly designated but often occupied by someone who isn’t pregnant, while an …

A Middle East conflict disrupting oil supplies doesn’t sound like it should have anything to do with whether Korean grandmothers ride the subway for free. But in March, it did. …