Entering Korea

For international travel, you will need to fly into Incheon International Airport (ICN), which is about one hour away from the conference site and hotels. 

For the airport information, here is a link. 

https://www.airport.kr/ap/en/index.do#

COVID-19-related entry information can also be found here: https://www.airport.kr/ap_cnt/en/svc/covid19/checkin/checkin.do. 

Translation App 

A translation can be helpful for on-spot communication. Many people experience the following app to be effective: https://papago.naver.com/ Papago app can be downloaded from your app stores. 

But here is an article that compares all the translation apps: 

https://www.fluentin3months.com/korean-translator/ 

Transportation

Korea has an excellent public transportation system, and there are several options to get to Seoul. 

We made two downloadable google slide presentations that you may find helpful when you are traveling: 

1. Coming to the hotels from Incheon Airport 

2. Communicating with the taxi drivers 

For information about taxis, please refer to the following website: https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TRP/TP_ENG_7.jsp 

To aid you communication with the taxi drivers, we created a slide show that you can use to communicate your destination to the taxi driver in case the driver doesn't understand. 

If you would like to use Uber, just understand that the uber drivers may actually drive a taxi car, with "UT taxi" sign. Uber in Korea is called UT (Uber +Tmap), because uber partnered with TMap instead of foreign based GPS service provider. 

3. Going back and forth between the Hotels and Conference Venue

You may also find the following blogs helpful when navigating Seoul 

https://stay.enkor.kr/blog/how-to-navigate-yourself-in-korea

https://www.travelwayfinding.com/navigating-seoul-korea/ 

We also found several links with itineraries to use in Seoul: 

• If you have 1 day to tour Seoul: 

  • https://thereshegoesagain.org/one-day-in-seoul-layover/ 

  • https://www.treksplorer.com/one-day-in-seoul-itinerary/

  • https://onedayitinerary.com/one-day-in-seoul-itinerary/

• If you have 2 days to tour Seoul: 

  • https://wanderingwheatleys.com/2-days-in-seoul-south-korea-itinerary-48-hours/ 

  • https://adventuringwithshannon.com/how-to-see-seoul-in-two-days/

  • https://wanderlog.com/list/itinerary/27/2-day-seoul-itinerary 

• If you have 3 days to tour Seoul: 

  • https://www.nomadasaurus.com/3-days-in-seoul-itinerary/

  • https://adventureswithnienie.com/3-days-in-seoul-itinerary/

  • https://www.destguides.com/south-korea/seoul/seoul/3-day-seoul-itinerary 

The following apps are popular for restaurant search: 

• Mangoplate (A Korean equivalent to yelp) https://www.mangoplate.com/en/

• Catchtable (A gourmet restaurant collection and reservation app) : https://www.catchtable.net/

• a restaurant blog by grad students with list of recommended eateries around Yonsei university:

https://tengrads.com/en/%EC%8B%A0%EC%B4%8C-%EB%A7%9B%EC%A7%91/