About

Hi, I'm Minsoo. I run Seoul Pages from — well — Seoul, where I work, eat, and have lived most of my life. This blog is the stuff I'd actually tell a friend if they asked me about Korea.


What this blog is

Seoul Pages is a guide to Korean food, K-beauty, Seoul travel, and everyday Korean life. Not the version you'd find summarized on a generic travel site. The version of someone who eats this food every week, walks these neighborhoods, and has tried more sheet masks than I'd like to admit.


Why I started this

There's no shortage of K-content online. Most of it is written by people outside Korea, working from press releases and Reddit threads, or by travelers who spent five days here once. Both can be useful. But I kept noticing the same things missing — what something actually costs, how long the line really is, what Koreans themselves think of that trendy product.

That's the gap I'm trying to fill. Nothing fancy. Just a local writing in English, in plain sentences, about things I actually know.


What you'll find here

I write about four areas, more or less equally:

Food — Korean recipes you can make outside Korea, restaurant guides, ingredient explainers ("what is gochujang, really")

Beauty — K-beauty product reviews, skincare routines, what's worth the hype and what isn't

Travel — Seoul neighborhood walks, cafés and restaurants, practical stuff like the T-money card

Lifestyle — Holidays, drinking culture, fashion, the small things that make daily life here what it is


A note on honesty

I won't pretend every product is great. If something didn't work for me, I'll say so. Some posts include affiliate links — when they do, I'll tell you in that post. Anything I recommend, I've actually used or eaten.


Get in touch

For questions, collaborations, or just to say hi: koreawith.jung2026@gmail.com

I read everything, though replies sometimes take a few days. Seoul keeps me busy.

— Minsoo

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