Costco is an American, membership-only, wholesale retail store with locations throughout Korea. Currently, the nearest location to Sejong City is in Daejeon. Costco has a wide range of products, many of which are American brands. You can [continue reading...]
Korea has a plethora of high quality cosmetics chains that sell everything from standard cosmetics to natural ingredient-based makeup and skin care products to expensive anti-aging systems. Korean beauty products are diverse, fairly inexpensive and [continue reading...]
If you need serious medical attention, call 119 immediately. Sejong Hospital (세종병원) Few people speak any English at all at Sejong Hospital, which is the only hospital in the Jochiwon area that can do stitches or staples. Directions: To [continue reading...]
If you are anything like me, you may wonder where you can work out once you get to Jochiwon. I’ve worked a few years in the gym industry and decided to research after I arrived. [continue reading...]
For many reasons, you may find yourself in need of a stationery store. Whether you need some writing paper, cute gifts to send home, or prizes for your students, Jochiwon is more than able to meet [continue reading...]
If you are just moving to Jochiwon or here for a visit, you’ll be pleased to know that there is a movie theater in town. It is called Megabox and it plays many current Hollywood [continue reading...]
If you are an artist, you are probably wondering where to find real, high quality art supplies in Jochiwon/Sejong. While stationery stores have a variety of simple art supplies such as watercolor paints, sketchbooks, pencils, [continue reading...]
For various reasons you may need to go to the Sejong Office of Education (세종특별자치시 교육청), whether it is to sign your contract or as a meeting point for a business trip. Luckily it’s not [continue reading...]
If you’ve recently moved to the Jochiwon/Sejong area and are interested in attending a church service, you’ll soon find that though churches are plentiful, English services are not. If you’re looking for an English service, [continue reading...]
Between the affordable prices, the over-the-top fashion, and all the freebies you’ll get just for browsing, Korea does shopping right. Online and off, shopping is easy and efficient. But maybe reading all that Hangul gives [continue reading...]
