Weekly K-pop charts of each sections 

This section is for introducing various K-pop music not only dance music but also other Korean music like Rock & Fork, Ballad, etc.

There charts are weekly charts except HipHop and Teurotey charts released by Naver.com which is the most famous portal site in Korea.

Enjoy!


Week 4 April (23 Apr~29 Apr 2012)

• Dance music

Rank no 1. "Alone (나혼자)" - Sistar

• Ballad

Rank no 1. "Someone else (다른 사람 품에 안겨서)" - JYP duet with Gain 

• Rock & Folk

Rank  no 1. "Cherry Blossom Ending (벚꽃 엔딩)" - Busker Busker (버스커 버스커)

• Hip Hop (monthly chart)

Rank  no1. "Wait and Be Ready (기다려 그리고 준비해)" - Brave Guys (용감한 녀석들)

• Teuroteu (monthly chart)

Rank no 1. "Clock-hand (시계바늘)" - Shin-you (신유)

N Seoul Tower, now get there by bus!

N Seoul Tower /  Photo by  henribergius

As you might be aware, Namsan Tower (or N Seoul Tower )is the top of Namsan (Mt.Nam and we also call it to Namsan park) which is located in the center of Seoul. As it is one of the most visited spots in our capital, local people as well as tourists go there to experience a various cultural events, to relax and enjoy the scenery. 

Namsan park overview.

Last month, it was reported during the nine o'clock news that a lot of taxi drivers had been ripping off foreign tourists who wanted to go to a peak of Nam mountain and this news took me by surprise twice.

First, I had thought we can not use taxi to go to the N tower. We had to take yellow bus, cable car or shank's pony. Secondly it was surprising that there still were taxi drivers overcharging foreign travelers in Seoul.

After this incidence, I saw an article on the newspaper that the Seoul government is prohibiting taxi from taking passengers to the Namsan from1st May 2012. It means that all people including tourists have to use yellow bus, cable cars or your own feet from May!!

 

Among three options available, I would like to show you how to go to the peak of Mt. Nam by bus because it is easier way than the others. 

Map of  yellow bus route © 공원녹지국 공원녹지정책과

For reaching there, you can use three shuttle lines like number 02, 03 and 05. They are stopping at a lot of bus stops in main streets and some subway stations like  Chungmuro station (no. 3 or 4 Subway line. at Daehan Cinema) or  Dongguk University station (no.3 Subway line), which will take you to the parking lot of N tower. The bus runs regularly so you can take it from wherever is most convenient for you. After the tour, take the same bus at the bus stop where you got off. The bus runs every 6 minutes from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.

Fare: 550 won / Hours: 08:00~24:00 / Bus interval: 5~6 min.

For more information on N Seoul Tower, see the Official  Site of Korea Tourism Org

What a wonderful helpline it is!

Today, I would like to introduce one of public services the Seoul government provide as I think it's quite interesting and useful to know.

A couple of years ago, the Seoul government integrated all help lines including borough offices into one line and made 120 Dasan call centre.

What is a barrel of laughs point of it is that this service is operating 24hours a day, 365 days a year, year after year and you can get any answers you want to know like where is a good place to go out with my girl friend?, Where can I get a part time job? How do I get to Gyeongbokgung(Palace)? etc from professional counselors. This service is also operating with text message,sign language, online chat, SNS and smart phone application. Besides the service is provided in different languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Mongolian even though the service operation time is shorter than Korean service.

I believe you will find it useful if you visit Seoul.


Why did Seoul office name this service Dasan?

Dasan(茶山) is a pen-name of Jeong, Yak-yong who was a great thinker, philosopher, author, poet, scientist and engineer back in the 18th century. ( I want to call him the Korean Leonardo da Vinci). He taught Justice, Integrity to the public and many were touched by his lessons. To emulate his footsteps, the Seoul Government named this public service  Dasan.

If so why 120 ??
This is one of the emergency numbers in Korea. Below is all the helpline numbers.

You can call 111 if you ever find North Korean spy and can get up to 0.7 million won. Funny haha and also sad,, isn't it?







I hope you find this information interesting and useful for your Seoul trip. :-)

MY FIRST FOOT PRINT ON THIS PLANET

As a lot of people have thought like me, what I really want to know during travelling are what the local people eat on special days and where they go on vacation and to what they spend their money for their living.

However, just like most of Korean people did, I have also used package tour travel agencies provided;

I have traveled not to experience a real life of local people but to go banal tourist spots or the places where the agencies squeeze more income from their customers.

This blog is for who speaks the same language as me. Therefore, I am going to show you the latest Korean trends about tourist attraction, goods, entertainment etc.