About

Seoul Handbook covers the places Koreans are talking about right now, in English.

Why speed

It takes six months to a year for a place trending in Korea to show up in English-language travel media. By then there is a queue. We read Korean blogs and social posts daily and publish within days.

What we cover

• Cafes and restaurants that opened recently
• Pop-up stores with fixed run dates
• How to walk a neighborhood, and how to get there

Mostly places that official tourism databases do not list yet. Public data takes time to register, so the newer the place, the less likely it is to appear.