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New Restaurant Reviews

Sandwich lovers rejoice, Jeezle is your saviour! With all of the new restaurants springing up in Ulsan’s ‘new downtown’ (Samsan-dong), it may become tough to decide where to spend your lunch money. Jeezle is certainly a top contender for your hard earned won, and if you love fresh bread, fresh veggies, and cheese, it may [...] more

I’m Burger

‘I’m Burger’ is another establishment in the growing trend of handmade burger joints springing up around Korea. Located in Terrace Park beside Ilsan Beach in Dong-gu, it’s tucked away off the main road behind a Starbucks. There’s access to a car park from the side road down past the Black Yak store. Set up by local [...] more

One’s Coffee – The Rotating Cafe

The other day I trekked through a dark bamboo forest, crossed a river on a bamboo raft to drink a 5,000 won coffee in a rotating coffee shop that sits on a pillar in the middle of a river. This sounds like something out of a fantasy novel and not a cafe in the heart [...] more

So-Dahm Bibim Guksu

Korean food reviews on Ulsan Online are a rarity and it is a shame. There are so many great restaurants here that I think, as a foreign community, we are missing out. In an effort to introduce more Korean food to our Ulsan Online readers, I set out to explore the “Gogi (Meat) Street” a [...] more

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Ulsan Nightlife News

Come celebrate 12 years of food, drinks, and music with the Royal Anchor!

Nestled in the heart of Seongnam-dong (commonly known as “Old Downtown”), above the Page 104 Coffee shop half a block north of 시게탑 (pronounced “She-Gae-Top”), resides the bar called The Royal Anchor. Inside, the bar is tended by Kim Jeong Gyoo (better known as “Mr. Kim”), the 46 year old native of Andong who owns [...] more

W Garden

W Garden is the older sister bar to Second Hotel. It is owned by the same people. W Garden is a great place for meeting new people. The music is usually house, tech house, basically dance music. There tends to be a mixture of engineers, teachers and locals alike who hang out in the [...] more

Beat Bar

Beat Bar is a great place, where all kinds of people go. It is a melting pot of teachers, engineers and locals. The bar owner Pete Beat and his colleagues are really cool and friendly. Every time you walk into the bar they all say “Hello”, it’s like being in the TV show ‘Cheers.’ [...] more

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Latest News and Articles

News Update 05-20-2013

NEWS UPDATE 05/20/2013 First, regional news. North Korea’s missiles weren’t a big deal, Japan is going crazy, and China thinks the whole world belongs to China. So, there’s more important things this week than North Korea launching a few missiles into the sea. Although there’s been no threats of nuclear annihilation lately, North Korea still [...] more

The 6th Annual Ulsan Cup is on This Weekend!

In a community where people are constantly coming and going, where businesses change almost overnight, and the entire city doesn’t stop building and growing, it can be hard to feel a sense of consistency. But there are a few things you can count on besides change. The Won Shot Wanderers Football Club has been a [...] more

Canadians Applying for a Korean Driver’s License

Editor’s note: Thanks to Ryan for compiling this info for us. There is some general information on replacing a license and for getting a license if your home country doesn’t have a reciprocal license agreement with Korea. There’s also a more generalized answer in The Official Word, and some info on getting a motorbike license (necessary [...] more

News update 05-12-2013

In Korean news, this week: Convenience Store market oversaturated PASCO exec hits a flight attendant for not making Ramen properly New York Korean-American rapper Awkwafina raps about her vag in a new music video Life is still not super great for gays in Korea An article about the bittersweet, romantic story of a full passport [...] more

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Recent Travel Ideas

How to Get to Busan

Busan, Korea’s second largest city, is only about 45 minutes away from Ulsan, making it a popular weekend destination for Ulsanites. There’s plenty to see and do, from art museums to shopping to dining and drinking. There are plenty of ways to get to Busan from Ulsan, but your choice partly depends on where you [...] more

How to Get to Incheon Airport

We’ve had a lot of enquiries recently, on the Facebook group, about the best way to get to various places. Most of the basic info on routes is available in the intercity travel guide, but it can be a little confusing. This time, we’ll take a look at the options for getting to Incheon Airport (reverse this [...] more

How to Get to Seoul

We’ve had a lot of enquiries recently, on the Facebook group, about the best way to get to various places. Now, most of the basic info on routes is available in the intercity travel guide, but it can be a little confusing. You can take two kinds of buses, two kinds of train or one [...] more