Here we are again!
Around the new year I'll take about a week, by meself, and I wanna go somewhere I haven't been before that's close-ish.
The three main options (that I can think of) are:
Taiwan: Maybe fly into the Northern airport, spend a couple of days in the city, spend four or five days making my way south then fly back to Korea from the Southern airport... Should be great food, interesting culture and a variety of stuff to do. Cheap to fly to, cheapish hotels and cheapish to eat/go out.
Vladivostok: I just wanna go, and it's very close to Korea by air. Pain in the arse to get visas, maybe only worth a long weekend, I could get the overnight boat which might be cool...
Guam and/or Saipan: beach, some shopping on Guam, nice weather, a relaxing either 3 or 4 days in one place or maybe visit both???
(Guam is more built up, more Americanized, more shopping.)
(Saipan might be boring, and the wife has no interest in going...)