About Korea Field Notes

Korea Field Notes is about the Korea most visitors never see. I photograph buildings and places all over South Korea for a living, from airport islands to small inland towns, and most of the places I pass through never show up in English-language travel guides. This site is where I write them up.

Korea changes fast. A bridge opens and a ferry route becomes history; a new bus route starts and a three-hour trip becomes forty minutes. Older English guides keep turning up in search results for years after their directions stop working. I want every page here to still be right on the day you use it.

How a note gets made

• I've been there. Every place has photos I took on site, and each note says when I visited. I don't write about places I haven't been.
• My honest take. Each note says why I stopped and whether I think it's worth your time. That part is my opinion; everything else is checked.
• Checked against current sources. Routes, bus numbers, prices and opening hours are checked against Korean government notices, operators and news reports, and every page shows the date it was last checked.
• Honest about gaps. If I couldn't confirm something, the page says so instead of guessing.

Real photos, unedited

Every photo and video clip on this site was taken by me, on my phone, at the place it shows. No filters, no retouching, no AI-generated or AI-edited images, and no stock photos. The only changes are the ones every website makes: resizing, cropping and compression so pages load quickly.

How I write

Photos, visits and opinions are my own. Drafting, research and translation are done with the help of AI tools, and every factual claim is checked against Korean-language sources before publishing.

How the site is funded

Some pages may carry ads or affiliate links to booking sites. They never decide which places I cover or what I say about them.

Spotted something out of date? Tell me. That's the most useful message I get.