While Seoul is amazing, and has amazing sights, it is also a polluted city. Yellow dust, a gift from China'a Gobi Desert, spreads in sweeping winds as particulate matter, and is carried to many parts of Asia in differing concentrations {typically in spring, but at any time; now it is particularly bad}. Which is often why Koreans are seen in the city wearing masks to cover their mouths. While in Seoul, the air was often so hazy it looked like a permanently foggy day. Seeing stars, even seeing the setting sun clearly, just simply doesn't happen:
{The sun setting on a perfectly "sunny" day when we left Gimpo {Pronounced Kimpo} Airport in Seoul}.
To compare: the sun above the haze from the airplane window:
Interesting link on "yellow dust":
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