Gas prices in Seoul jumped more than 9 percent in five days to exceed 1,900 won per liter on Friday, as the war in the Middle East pushed up global oil prices.
See, in Seoul, to my eyes, drivers aren’t day-labourers, office workers, company people, or students. They are business developers, cab and bus drivers,
delivery agents and the most affluent.
In a city of 45 million, car ownership is very, very low.
Parking is very difficult to find — or own as city units must separately rent, lease, buy, or borrow a parking spot for a car.
If any large East Asian city could successfully ration gasoline, its Seoul. Public transportation is efficient and inexpensive. People remember the war and hardship. People respect tradition, unity in struggle, and are willing to fight together.
That’s the Seoul I remember anyway.
They imprisoned their Insurrectionist former President.
See, in Seoul, to my eyes, drivers aren’t day-labourers, office workers, company people, or students. They are business developers, cab and bus drivers, delivery agents and the most affluent.
In a city of 45 million, car ownership is very, very low. Parking is very difficult to find — or own as city units must separately rent, lease, buy, or borrow a parking spot for a car.
If any large East Asian city could successfully ration gasoline, its Seoul. Public transportation is efficient and inexpensive. People remember the war and hardship. People respect tradition, unity in struggle, and are willing to fight together.
That’s the Seoul I remember anyway.
They imprisoned their Insurrectionist former President.
For life.