Curious guy, currently based in #Seoul. Founder @imagga, #AI startup. In love with #SouthKorea. Love to travel, fly my drone, explore and learn
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Starting a series of tweets on things that make my life in Korea so enjoyable. Sort of reasons I’m in love with this country: – at Mapo-gu, Republic of Korea
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The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. We’re waiting for interceptors that were already agreed on. But they are still not coming. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.
All of this is happening while we continue our quite successful operations on the front. We keep defending positions. Things have become harder – partly because of the Starlink and Starshield policies and speed limits. But our frontline is still holding and I am proud of how strong our people are.
From an address at the Hudson Institute. (2/3)
In Korea, you can walk into a store at 2am with no cashier, no staff, no one at all. Grab what you want, scan it yourself, walk out. It started with ice cream. Now it's clothes, pet supplies, fresh sashimi, even a butcher.
I tried one in Seoul at 2am. Just me, fluorescent lights, complete silence. Efficient, no question. But it made me wonder what we lose when convenience replaces every last human moment. Would you shop at a store with zero staff?
1/ One hour from Seoul you can look straight into North Korea. No tour, no crowd, just your passport.
Ganghwa Island is the day trip almost no tourist makes. Locals call it the roofless museum. Here's the full day 🧵
5/ End the day slow: coffee in a 1933 textile factory, brick walls and old machines still standing. The most beautiful cafe I've ever sat in.
I went to Seongsu on a Tuesday morning a few weeks ago for a work thing, and I ended up staying three hours longer than I planned. That neighborhood has a way of doing that when it's not crowded. – at Seongdong-gu, Republic of Korea
The area around the station has good coffee, genuinely good food if you know where to look, and enough visual texture to keep you occupied for half a day without trying.
If you're building a Seoul itinerary and you're trying to avoid the worst of the crowds,
People ask me every year whether June and July are bad times to visit Korea. My answer is always the same: it depends on what you're expecting. If you're expecting the kind of trip where you walk everywhere all day in perfect weather, then yes, jangma is going to be annoying. – at Yongsan-gu, Republic of Korea
which gets heavy and thick in a way that's hard to describe until you've been in it.
What I've found over the years is that jangma strips away a certain kind of tourist from the city. The crowds at the big palaces thin out. Temple grounds go quiet.