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kcduet24
Joined: 26 Oct 2012
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject: Uisoon Elementary School, Uijeongbu |
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I have an interview with this school tonight and I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about this school. Do you know anyone that has worked there? What is Uijeongbu like?
Any info would be appreciated. |
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thebektionary
Joined: 11 May 2011
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know anything about that school, but I've been to Uijeongbu and it's kind of like a small but nice town. It's close enough to Seoul to go on weekends and I had a friend who lived there who would come in on weekdays sometimes. |
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newb
Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Location: Korea
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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thebektionary wrote: |
I don't know anything about that school, but I've been to Uijeongbu and it's kind of like a small but nice town. It's close enough to Seoul to go on weekends and I had a friend who lived there who would come in on weekdays sometimes. |
I wouldn't consider Uijeongbu a small town. It is bigger than most small cities in Korea. |
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thebektionary
Joined: 11 May 2011
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I only visited one time and that's what it seemed like to me. I guess suburb is more of an appropriate word. |
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kcduet24
Joined: 26 Oct 2012
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it's good to hear that it's a larger city compared to other smaller ones. I hope this interview goes well because this place seems pretty nice. |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Uijeongbu is a small (area wise) but densely populated city (~500,000 people) that sits on the northern edge of Seoul. It has a lot of military bases nearby so it kind of has a reputation of being a lite-Itaewon as you can get foreign goods pretty easily.
Sinsaege just built a beautiful new department store next to the main subway station in the city and it is having a ripple effect on the area. I see the city becoming less blue collar quite quickly.
Uijeongbu offers a lot of things to do and is really close to Seoul. It's rather urban but some parts of town can be rural and new a lite-rail line just opened this year so expect even more development.
There is a pretty active foreign community on Facebook. Lookup "Uijeongbu Crew". Uijeongbu is also part of the "Northern Alliance" ex-pat community. |
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