<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>TOP 5 KOREA — Jung-gu</title><description>TOP 5 columns for Jung-gu</description><link>https://top5korea.com/</link><language>en</language><managingEditor>top5korea.com@gmail.com (TOP 5 KOREA)</managingEditor><item><title>Places Open at Night for Seoul’s 2026 Jeongdong Culture Night</title><link>https://top5korea.com/en/columns/studio-9d4ecf14-7711-445f-a64d-31a69048d16d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://top5korea.com/en/columns/studio-9d4ecf14-7711-445f-a64d-31a69048d16d/</guid><description>Enjoy performances and night views in Jung-gu, Seoul, on 30–31 October. Plan your evening around each venue’s last entry and programs requiring separate registration.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Enjoy performances and night views in Jung-gu, Seoul, on 30–31 October. Plan your evening around each venue’s last entry and programs requiring separate registration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeongdong Culture Night in Jung-gu, Seoul, starts at 18:00 on 30 October and 14:00 on 31 October. Evening visits can combine venue tours and performances.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Closing time and last entry are different. Deoksugung Palace stops admitting visitors at 20:00; the event guide lists last entry at 21:30 for the other four venues.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The XR experience at Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum and the evening guided tour at Korea Territorial Development Museum require advance registration. Check these separately from general admission.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;5 picks · researched Oct 20, 2026&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Rankings</category><category>Jung-gu</category><category>Seoul Jeongdong Culture Night</category><category>2026 Jeongdong Culture Night</category><category>Jeongdong night openings</category><category>Jung-gu Seoul outings</category><category>Jeongdong performances</category><category>Deoksugung Palace night visits</category></item><item><title>Myeongdong restaurants, where visitors get stuck at the ordering counter</title><link>https://top5korea.com/en/columns/myeongdong-tourist-food/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://top5korea.com/en/columns/myeongdong-tourist-food/</guid><description>Five Myeongdong restaurants for visitors, compared on foreign-language help, how you order and pay, opening hours and what one person pays for a meal.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Five Myeongdong restaurants for visitors, compared on foreign-language help, how you order and pay, opening hours and what one person pays for a meal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Five Myeongdong places compared on foreign-language help and how you order. Myeongdong Kyoja is a pay-first kiosk, Hadongkwan a paper ticket at the till, Hansik Wangbijip a booking app.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Only Hadongkwan opens at 07:00, and it closes at 16:00. Three stay open past 22:00: Hansik Wangbijip (23:00), Yeongyang Center (22:30) and Hamcho Ganjang Gejang (22:00).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One meal for one person runs from ₩12,000 for kalguksu at Myeongdong Kyoja to ₩45,000 for the gejang set at Hamcho Ganjang Gejang.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three list an English menu: Myeongdong Kyoja, Hadongkwan and Hansik Wangbijip. Reviews say Japanese was understood at Hamcho, and Yeongyang Center gives no notice of an English menu.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;5 picks · researched Sep 18, 2026&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Food</category><category>Myeongdong</category><category>Myeongdong restaurants</category><category>where to eat in Myeongdong</category><category>Myeongdong Station food</category><category>Myeongdong for visitors</category><category>Korean food Myeongdong</category><category>gomtang</category><category>kalguksu</category><category>Seoul travel food</category></item></channel></rss>