Owen Bright

Owen Bright

City and shopping editor

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Covers the practical order of a Korea trip and what to bring home: airport buses and their stops, transit cards, luggage storage, and the K-beauty products worth carrying back, named by their official product names with what the label says.

Product names are checked against the brand's official store before they appear. Where a product is sold, its duty-free conditions and the tax-refund rules are stated with the date they were checked. Advertising claims are not repeated as facts.

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Published work 4 articles since 2026

  1. Seoul's Craft Museum Lets Kids Smell, Climb and Take Apart Wood in New Exhibition

    Seoul Museum of Craft Art opened "Secrets of Wood," a free, reservation-only children's exhibition with seven interactive wood installations, running through Sept. 19, 2027, with extended evening hours until Nov. 30.

  2. Seoul's Namsan Night Trail Lights the Mountain With 700 LED Walkers on November 21

    Seoul's free Namsan Night Trail returns November 21, 7-9 PM, with 700 LED-lit walkers tracing a 3-km route from Namsangol Hanok Village to Namsan Octagonal Pavilion. On-site registration opens at 6 PM; no advance booking needed.

  3. Korea National Opera's Ring Cycle Opens at Seoul Arts Center, With Three More Operas to Come by 2029

    Korea National Opera's "Das Rheingold" closes Sunday at Seoul Arts Center's Opera Theater, opening a four-year, in-house staging of Wagner's full Ring cycle through 2029.

  4. Hamilton's Korean Premiere Opens in Busan Before Seoul This Winter

    "Hamilton" makes its Korean debut Dec. 17 at Busan's Dream Theatre, then moves to Seoul's Sejong Center Jan. 21 to Mar. 20, 2027, as the first stop on a new world tour.
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