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Practical Korea guides before you book, pack, or buy.
Chuseok 2026 falls on Friday 25 September with no substitute holiday, and holiday train seats go in minutes when the advance sale opens in late August. Because Korail and SR merge on 1 September, Chuseok travel is already priced at the new lower fares.
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Nationals of 22 countries do not need K-ETA through 31 December 2026. But holding a K-ETA exempts you from the e-Arrival Card — so the ₩10,000 optional one cancels the free mandatory one. Which to do, and when.
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A practical Korea eSIM vs SIM card vs pocket WiFi guide for tourists: airport pickup, unlocked phones, groups, maps, and first-day setup.
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Korea blocks alcohol delivery, permits app-order pickup for imported wine and whisky, excludes domestic soju and beer, and lets traditional liquor ship to your door. The rules, the prices, and what to do about them.
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Korea Business Desk
American plumbers install more Navien gas tankless units than Rinnai or Rheem, and most buyers do not know the company is Korean. The stranger fact is that the market it leads was 20,000 units a year before it arrived.
At Paris 2024, 65 of the 128 Olympic archers shot a Korean bow. Thirty years earlier, Korea's gold medals were won on American equipment — until national-team coach Park Kyung-rae quit a ₩100 million job, bet his entire fortune on carbon, and built WIAWIS.
