Korea Trip: A Typical Northeast Asian Metropolis
This trip was another 4-day trip utilizing my summer weekend, departing for Seoul on Friday and returning Sunday night. This article uses experimental HDR AVIF. Banding issues may occur in some browsers (commonly on Android). Please urge chromium to fix this. Pre-Trip Preparations Visa Compared to Japanese visas, Korean visas are relatively easy to apply for, and for university graduates, it’s practically a “click and get” process. University graduates only need a graduation certificate from CHSI (China Higher-education Student Information and Career Center) and their ID card to apply for a 5-year multiple-entry Korean visa. Visa applications can be submitted offline at various “Korea Visa Application Centers” (such as the Guangzhou Center). Postal applications are also possible (but require sending the original ID card and incur a small mailing fee; apply offline if you have concerns). As of summer 2024, no appointment is needed for offline applications; just go to the visa center after it opens in the morning and get a number. ...