Sun 6 Nov 2022, Day 55/61. Today was my second visit to Yoido Island, on the Han River & both the financial & political centre of the nation. My first visit was to the National Assembly.
Two problems about calling this ‘Yoido Island’. First, the spelling. I’ve just accepted the spelling used by the Church, built in 1973. But in 2000 the Government revised the way Hanguel was romanized, so.여의도 should now be spelt “Yeouido’.
And second, ‘-do’, 도, is part of the official name for any Korean island. So ‘Yoido Island’ or even ‘Yeouido Island’ doesn’t really make sense.
My journey to Korea 