This was our last full day in Korea. We spent this day on the Han River Cruise and presenting our final presentations and videos. We had extra time in the morning to prepare for the presentation. We then headed off to the Han River for a Riverboat Cruise.  Before going on the actual cruise, we…

As we are coming closer to the end of our time in Korea, we started our morning off by visiting Bukchon Hanok village. Although many tourists flock to this area to view the traditional architecture of the buildings, this is still a residential zone, so visitors were told to be respectful and quiet while walking…

Today, we had more company visits at Hyundai and TK Elevators. We left from our hotel in Seoul to a city called Asan. This city is well known for having large factories and production plants.  We first visited Hyundai Motor Company’s production plant in Asan. We started the visit by watching a video about the…

During this day of the trip, we visited Yonsei University and learned about their engineering program. We also got to tour their labs and start-ups. Looking back on this day, I recognized a stark contrast between the area surrounding Yonsei and other areas we have visited. Surrounding Yonsei, there are many bustling businesses catering to…

Today, we were given the chance to have two more company visits. We visited HY Corporation and the Samsung Innovation Museum. HY is a company that specializes in probiotics, especially in Yakult drinks. Yakult is Japanese originated sweetened probiotic milk beverage. The tour was very informative and engaging. There were many videos that walked you…

Today was focused on exploring a new area of Seoul. Much of this trip was spent in a more urban setting, so it was refreshing to be more in nature today. Despite feeling like we were far from the city, Bukhansan National park is only a short drive away from our hotel in Myeongdong. There…

We are currently halfway through this study abroad experience. Today, we woke up and left the hotel really early at around 6:30am. We first arrived at the Imjingak Peace Park where we saw the Peace Bell. It was built to symbolize peace of the human race and national unification. We also saw a locomotive that…

We finally got a later start time compared to the past few days. It was nice to sleep in a little more. We started our day off by taking the subway to take a Taekwondo class. We changed into the uniforms and started off by learning about what Taekwondo means. Tae means foot/kicking, kwon means…

After many rainy days to start our trip in Korea, we started today off with the sun shining as we got off the bus to visit Eaton. Eaton is a power management company that produces things like fuel-efficient systems, transmissions, and grids. Their headquarters are in Dublin, but they have branches all around the world,…

Today was a day full of cultural sites, food, and walking. For breakfast buffet at the hotel, there was a lot of food there that was different from traditional American breakfast (glass noodles, seaweed, kimchi). We then met as a group in the lobby of the hotel and headed towards the subway station just a…

Hi everyone! My name is Annie Chen. I’m from Gibsonia, PA, which is half an hour north of Pittsburgh. I am currently a freshman here at the University of Pittsburgh studying Finance and Accounting. On campus, I am involved in the Music and Entertainment in Business Association (MEBA) and Smart Women Securities. Throughout the rest…