Foreign residents and tourists will be able to call the taxies at all times, and drivers who can speak English, Japanese, Chinese and other foreign languages will be available. The taxies will have special stickers or designs to distinguish them from ordinary ones.

We’ve started a list with our readers to figure out the best things to do during the last few days of November.

Read our starter list and add your ideas soon, because before long, this will become the Best of December!

Thanks to Angela’s post on living in a better, healthier officetel, I decided to go out and buy a pet fish. I also did some research on buying a fish tank and found this online instead. Details on the Power Mac G4 CubeQuarium inside.

Hongdae’s “Hat Store” has been around for at least two years, as I remember it, and surprisingly it hasn’t gone out of business in spite of its great distance from the clubs. They specialize in hats of all sorts, costume wear, and there are some masks for sale.

Since when did public policy of substance, strong economic and monetary policy, and export-led development get put by the wayside, in favor of a better image? I mean let’s look at the U.S. to compare. It is by acclamation brand number one (most loved and most hated simultaneously), but inside it’s a flailing mess of an economy. Tourism won’t save the States and it won’t save Korea, either.

By the looks of it, the clinic is part of a newer breed of dental clinics catering to younger patients, mostly women and college students. The ambience lifts patients far away from the cold sterile experience of perhaps two decades ago into a colorful, bright, warm world created by people who admire design and environment as much as sparkly teeth. Imagine Red Mango meets Coffee Bean and you’re in the right neighborhood of what the office looks like.

In a much welcomed plan, the city is investing heavily on bicycle lending and bike path infrastructure, reportedly costing the city $22-million toward building 45 bike-only lanes across five areas of Seoul.

The goal is to have nearly 80,000 public bikes available at 5,000 stations (or every 300 meters), with safe lanes linking the north and south sides of the river and major points across the entire city.

In Korea, coffee talk at establishments like Starbucks or Coffee Bean is a social must, especially if you are a coed with afternoons free. Likewise, coffee in its many forms, is the mental crutch that millions of office workers, professionals, and educators like me desperately rely on between the hours of 6am to 6pm (booze usually takes over after six).

In my short year since becoming a caffeine dependent, I’ve made a few observations about coffee and people. I’ve noticed that people who imbibe coffee select a coffee preparation method that reveals their personality. Look around your home. Look in the faculty lounge or office. How do you drink your coffee?