KTX, Seoul Main Station. I travelled to Gyeongju by this bullet train. On the way to southern Korea this train hit the maximum cruising speed of 300 km/h (about 180 mph). Korea's high speed railway is based on the French TGV system. The railway is surprisingly being built by French companies and not the nearby Japanese industry well-known for the Shinkansen bullet train. The relations between Korea and Japan are still controversial. The memories about the Japanese occupation in the 16th and 20th centuries seem not be forgotten yet...