Comments on: 12 Best Korean Innovations That I Wish Existed Everywhere! | Technology in Korea

By: Cin

Cin — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 13:04:03 +0000

Singapore has the atm thing (you can withdeposit/withdraw/transfer $, update bank book, pay bills, recharge money cards), and rechargeable transportation cards (which also allows commuters to “tap” through gates at the train station or on buses from many years back… I think a decade back or more. 24-hour food delivery via online sites or mobile apps is common too. McDonald’s, supermarkets, drugstores and some popular retails stores allow payment by tapping the credit card on a device. It’s kind of like a cashless society. High tech toilets are uncommon, probably due to maintenance cost and lack of need.

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:06:55 +0000

In reply to AREX. @AREX Thank you for sharing! This is something many travelers can benefit from.

By: AREX

AREX — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:56:19 +0000

Hi, Good information about Korea. Here is one more tip for using transportation in Korea. If you have a ‘T-money card’, you can take all transportation like subway, bus. T-money card is rechargeable and refundable so it could be so reasonable. In ICN(airport), you can buy some good package about transportation. At ‘travel center’, you will see ‘express train and T-money card’ and ‘express train and international taxi’ packages. With express train, you can go to the central of Seoul(Seoul station) directly, after then, you can use T-money card to take all transportation. Fare is 8,900won and this is special deal for only foreigners. If you are interested in these and want to get more information, please find a ‘travel center (located in B1 in ICN). Thank you.

By: facebook_silvercoin89

facebook_silvercoin89 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:26:37 +0000

Totally agree!! and in addition to mc delivery service, there are thousands of foods that can be delivered at midnight!!!! like fried chicken, chinese foods, potato stew(Gamjatang), Bossam(pork), and so on…

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:28:01 +0000

In reply to Natalie. @Natalie: Yeah, good one! That cloud building really rocks! The architecture should be on this post as well! I'm always pretty impressed with the futuristic buildings I see in Seoul. But I wish they would spread the wealth. You only really find them in Seoul. Korea always surprises me.

By: dilipm

dilipm — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:29:07 +0000

quite obviously, it is 🙂 RT @grrrltraveler: Is Korea a state-of-the-art country? http://t.co/I7UrKwKq #oldpost

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:49:40 +0000

Love this post. Korea always surprises me with how high-tech it is. Just when you think you’ve seen it all – you find something new. My favourite modern bits and bobs in Korea are the interactive google maps at the subway stations in Seoul, the TV screen thing in Gangnam that projects your face onto the side of a giant building, and the newest and most freaky addition to Korea’s ultra modern capital – ‘the cloud building’ which has not been built yet, but you can check out the plans for it here: http://www.writingfordesigners.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/a-cloud-towers-korea-6.jpeg

By: kevina3012

kevina3012 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:48:30 +0000

RT @grrrltraveler Is Korea a state-of-the-art country? tinyurl.com/6btjf43 -> ‘smart’ toilets… Good enough for my yes vote 🙂

By: Laura in Cancun

Laura in Cancun — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:02:10 +0000

I love the T-money idea!!!

We have 1 Burger King in Cancun that delivers, but they only go to certain neighborhoods.

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:22:56 +0000

In reply to Laura in Cancun. @Laura: Yeh, I keep wishing NYC was as good as Korea was about metro cards & stuff. So Burger King is elitist in Mexico? =)