1. Incheon Airport
See a huge crowd surrounding the departure or arrival gate at Incheon Airport? Then you better run towards there to have a look. Reason being, it is the perfect chance to get up close to a celebrity as some of the celebrity would not be taking the secret gate. Who knows? You might run into Big Bang on the day you arrive in Korea. ><
2. T-Money (Transit card)
For buses, you can actually pay the fare for 2 using just one T-money card. All you have to do is to inform the bus driver by saying 두명 (tu myeong) and the bus driver would make the necessary arrangement before asking you to tap the card.
3. Summer Sales (especially at H&M and Uniqlo)
Depending on when summer arrives in Korea & Japan, there would be huge, crazy sales at well-known brands which would reduces their prices < 50%. For H&M, there are sales whereby shoes and clothes would be sold at the price of 5,000 won. I have recently bought a bag that costs 10,000 won when its original price was 60,000 won. That's indeed a good deal.
P/s: During summer, the weather may turn excruciating warm in the day and cooling in the night but not to forget that it is the rainy season as well. So, don't forget to bring your umbrella with you apart from your shopping bags.
4. Chicken + Maekju (Beer) = 치맥 (Chimaek)
Apart from Korea's drinking culture, 치맥 (Chimaek) drinking is intensively popular among the local with its unique combination of fried chicken served with glasses of beer to compliment the taste of the food and side dishes. The phrase 치맥 (Chimaek) derives from the first syllabus of the word Chicken and Maekju. Alternatively, you can replace soju with beet and there are several other unique drinking style such as mixing soju with beer at a ratio of 3:7.
5. Fruit-flavoured Soju &Makkoli (Rice wine)
Apart from having side dishes on the dining table, Koreans enjoy drinking so much that you would not be surprised to see glasses of drinks on the table while they enjoy their meals. Manufacturers have diversify the Soju and Makkoli by introducing multiple fruit-flavoured soju such as grapefruit, peach etc as well as the latest banana-flavored Makkoli released on 2016.
6. Service
"Service" in Korea generally mean in-house / free of charge / complimentary. This is generally used in eateries or street food stall as some of the stall owners would welcome foreigners by getting you other food items while saying "service".
7. Weather Forecast
Knowing the climate and weather of the district that you are planning to visit would definitely prepare you well for your trip. Hence, I would recommend visiting the official website managed by Korea Metrological Administration - http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/
Information regarding the seasonal climate can be found here: http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/biz/climate_01.jsp
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