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South Korea Travel Podcast with Minjun Park

Minjun Park

This is a podcast about travelling through South Korea as a resident might, over months rather than days. The country’s hills and mountains dominate the interior, while wide coastal plains open up in the west and south. Cold winters and heavy summer rain set the rhythm, and most people live in dense lowland cities.

Episodes move from Seoul’s dense streets to Busan’s southern port, then to Gangwon Province in the northeast, where the population is thinnest. The host also spends time in Gwangju, in the southwest, and along the islands scattered off the western and southern coasts. Inland Daejeon and port Incheon appear as connections rather than stops.

As the seasons change, the show returns to places at different times of year. A city in cold winter is not the same city in humid summer. Over time, repeated visits build a layered understanding of how South Korea works, rather than a single snapshot. The rhythm follows a resident’s own pace: settling, learning, then moving on to somewhere connected.

Minjun Park lives in South Korea and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Minjun is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.

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Episodes6

  • Today · 11 min

    A Cool Morning in Songdo, Then the Heat

    Minjun celebrates getting his ARC by exploring Songdo's cooler corners on a brutally hot day, visits the National Museum of World Writing Systems, checks out a potential flat, and plans for the Songdo Beer Festival. A practical look at being a new reside…

  • Yesterday · 8 min

    ARC in Hand, Songdo at Night

    Minjun picks up his Alien Registration Card and celebrates with a solo evening in Songdo — a canal walk, a beer at the beer festival site, and a late dinner in the district that feels like Incheon's future. Practical notes on what the ARC unlocks, from b…

  • Tuesday · 11 min

    Bupyeong Underground, Heat, and the Empty Arcade

    On day four in Incheon, Minjun heads to Bupyeong to check out the famous underground shopping arcade, only to find it half-empty. He explores the streets above, eats cheap tteokbokki, and starts thinking about the city's changing retail landscape.

  • Monday · 8 min

    Jayu Park, Heat, and the Weight of Arrival

    Minjun takes the open-port history trail from Chinatown up to Jayu Park, grapples with the MacArthur statue and Korea's first treaty port, and settles into the slower rhythm of Incheon's summer heat — with practical notes on ARC paperwork, transit, and w…

  • Sunday · 9 min

    Wolmido's Beach, Ferris Wheel, and the West Sea

    Minjun takes the ferry to Wolmido and rides the Wolmi Sea Train, sampling the seaside amusement quarter and its history. He also checks out Songdo's Pentaport Rock Festival and the pricey reality of summer in Incheon, from coconut ice cream to festival e…

  • Saturday · 9 min

    Landing in Incheon: Heat, Paperwork, and Black Noodles

    Minjun Park lands in Incheon on the hottest day of summer, gets his alien registration started, explores the Songdo smart city, and eats his first bowl of jajangmyeon in Chinatown. Practical tips on SIM cards, bank accounts, and T-money cards for anyone …