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Chosen Answer by Busan-man

It's bitter cold in January, so you will need a heavy winter coat, a scarf, gloves and some kind of hat. It's possible that you will see some snow. By May, it will be sunny and warm so you could be in shorts and a T-shirt at that time. For general tips I would recommend the following: 1) Try to adapt to Korean culture, don't expect Koreans to adapt to yours. 2) Try to learn some basic Korean language expressions. Never say to a Korean, "Don't you speak English?" 3) Be open-minded. 4) Avoid conversations about Japan. 5) Bring lots of money ---- Seoul's expensive.

Chosen Answer by Johnnie Walker

There are several English-medium schools in Seoul but the tuition is outrageous! As far as I know, the annual tuition there is over $ 20,000. The English-medium schools are called an international school or a foreign school. The websites of the schools are below: http://www.sfs.or.kr/ http://www.siskorea.or.kr/ http://www.yisseoul.org/ There are a couple of private schools that have English immersion programs - the schools are more like bilingual schools. The annual tuition is about $ 5,000~ 6,000 which is much cheaper than international schools. http://www.younghoon.es.kr/ (Young-Hoon Elementary School) http://www.cheongwon-seoul.es.kr/ (I believe this school is cheaper than Young-Hoon) If you think the private schools are still out of your budget, you can always send your child to a public school(It's free but teaches almost every subject in Korean) or homeschool your child.

Chosen Answer by Javed Iqbal

Due to very flexible laws in the country the whole Korea is having problems with norcotics: All citizens can enjoy personal liberty. No person is to be arrested, detained, seized, searched or interrogated except as provided by law. No person shall be punished, placed under preventive restrictions or subject to involuntary labor except as provided by law and through lawful procedures. No citizen shall be tortured or be compelled to testify against him or herself in a criminal case

Chosen Answer by kimkg

Take the bus. It leaves from Incheon directly to Cheongju bus terminal (located in the middle of the city) at these times: 06:30 07:30,50 08:30 09:00 10:00,30 12:00,30 13:30 14:00,30 15:30 16:30 17:00,30 18:00,30 19:00,30 20:00,40 21:40 22:40 The bus is luxury class, so the seats are spacious and it's a comfortable ride. Takes about 2.5 hours (almost exactly). Bus ticket cost is just under 20 bucks (or 20,000 won). Buy the bus ticket at a kiosk in Incheon right when you walk out of the gate. It's somewhere around gate B. Make sure you get Cheongju and not Chungju (cheongju = chung, like wang chung and Chungju=chew-ng joo, like charleston chew). Then walk outside and cross the street to an median that has a lot of bus stops. I think the cheongju bus stop is labeled D. I'm not sure if the buses are labeled in english or not, just ask the bus drivers that come around during your time of departure. that is the fastest and easiest way.

Chosen Answer by kamikaze

Seoul is generally colder than Tokyo in the winter. However, it's springtime and the weather has been pretty nice these days. The day highs of Seoul for this weekend will range from 19~24℃(66~75℉). The morning lows will be 5~10℃(42~50℉)so you may want to bring a light jacket and a sweater. The daytime almost feels like the summer but yesterday was pretty nippy because it rained. Seoul is 13℃ at the moment. http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/wea/wea_02_01.jsp?code1=11B10101