Golden temple at night, Myanmar

About

About KM Explore

A thesis project for reading Myanmar and South Korea side by side.

What this site is for

KM Explore helps a traveler compare destinations, food, weather, and culture between Myanmar and South Korea. It was built as a university thesis, not as a commercial booking agency.

How comparison works

An editor pairs one Myanmar place with one South Korea place, chooses a category, and writes the notes. Visitors pick those two places and read the pairing. If no pairing exists, the site says so. It does not calculate a similarity score.

Tours and bookings

Tour packages are built from places already on the site. A signed-in visitor can submit a booking request. An administrator confirms or cancels it. The site does not take payment.

Photograph credits

Seeded photos come from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences. Each place page shows the credit required by that licence.

  • Bagan Temple Plains · Myanmar Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
  • Bukchon Hanok Village · South Korea Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Bulguksa Temple · South Korea Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Gamcheon Culture Village · South Korea Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Photo: VN.NguyenDucDuy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Gyeongbokgung Palace · South Korea Photo: Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Haeundae Beach · South Korea Photo: StephNurnberg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Photo: Busan Metropolitan City (KOGL Type 1)
  • Inle Lake · Myanmar Photo: Benh Lieu Song / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Jeju Olle Trails · South Korea Photo: Jeju Olle Foundation / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Kyaiktiyo Golden Rock · Myanmar Photo: Philip Nalangan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Photo: Go-Myanmar / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  • Mandalay Royal Palace · Myanmar Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
  • Namsan Seoul Tower · South Korea Photo: Rtflakfizer / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: lumoplank / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
  • Ngapali Beach · Myanmar Photo: ReflectedSerendipity / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
  • Seongsan Ilchulbong · South Korea Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (CC BY-SA 2.0) Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
  • Shwedagon Pagoda · Myanmar Photo: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Songdo Central Park · South Korea Photo: Raccoon Dog / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Vincent van Zeijst / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Ken Eckert / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • U Bein Bridge · Myanmar Photo: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Photo: Philip Nalangan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Uppatasanti Pagoda · Myanmar Photo: Hybernator / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Photo: Peerapat Wimolrungkarat / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)