officetels are popular places to live in large urban areas like Seoul. Officetel stands for office and hotel, and was first built in 1985 in Mapo-gu, Seoul. If regular office buildings were built for office use only, these Officetels are built for people to use it for work and study during the day and room and board at night. Due to this convenience of not having to leave the building for work, people such as lawyers, accountants, professors, and artists choose to live in Officetels. How is it? Do you get an idea of how people live in modern Korea? Apartment buildings and houses shown in Korean dramas are very much reflective of real Korean life. We can now know how most people live in urban areas in Korea.