I remember a very long and impressive bridge connecting Incheon to Seoul. I however have no idea whether this one is one of those you shared with us, or not. My memory is not perfect, and it is a long time I didn't go to Korea. Before COVID, I was visiting Seoul and Daejeon several times every year, having a few collaborators in those cities. I wish that I will travel there again in a short-term future, but who knows what could happen (I have just asked for a renewal of my France-Korea bi-national grant).
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It's neat that you do work in Korea sometimes, I am interested in hearing more about that. Daejeon has a really famous science university (KAIST), so it makes sense you are down there.
If you travel directly into Seoul, it's probably the Yeongjeong Bridge, which I have pictured. It's the photo with the sign and all the mud in the foreground and you can only see the bridge way off in the distance. It's a double-decker bridge and also has a railroad under it.
These days there is a 2nd far larger bridge also connecting to the airport called the Incheon bridge. If you are headed south of the city by car or bus (ex. directly to Daejeon), you'd probably take that one. It's around 12 years old and is about 20km long.
Thanks for the clarifications. It is possible this bridge, although I am very unsure. I will try to pay more attention at my next visit (maybe this fall).
When I visit Daejeon, I used to take the direct bus from the Airport. I was visiting KAIST in the early days, and then IBS. I have also a bunch of colleagues at KIAS, Korea University, Yonsei University and Hanyang University in Seoul. Usually, it is hard to visit everybody within a same trip. A few of them are however currently at CERN in Switzerland. Physicists are used to travel the world ;)
You know a lot of the researchers here and just named dropped half the top 10 universities. I'll guess those are the ones with the partical physics departments. I don't know anyone here in that community, but I do know people who studied at all those universities.
I took a few Korean and professional cerificatiom classes at a few different universities but none of those. I live near SKKU Suwon campus, it's a natural science campus, so maybe they do particle research.
I haven't left the country since 2019, but tried once for a business trip and got turned back at the airport.
Fall is usually the best season to visit.
The particle physics community is indeed not that big so that it is definitely spread over only a few universities (especially theorists). I have checked what researchers at SKKU do (see here), and there is definitely a small overlap with what I do. However, it is sufficiently apart so that there is no surprise I don't know people working there.
I am looking forward to come back to Korea. For now, a lot of my Korean colleagues will probably all come to Lyon in France in June. I will let you know when I will travel Eastbound (the only condition is the no-quarantine one which is making it impossible to manage).