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| What city gets your vote to be the capital? |
| Seoul |
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21% |
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| Daejon |
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41% |
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| Pusan |
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5% |
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| Masan |
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5% |
[ 3 ] |
| Ulsan |
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5% |
[ 3 ] |
| Kwangju |
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10% |
[ 6 ] |
| Other |
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10% |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Zed wrote: |
| Masan or Kyongju that have significant natural beauty is a good idea |
I take it you've never been to masan. It is depressingly ugly, even with the harbour it still comes up a grey |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| Zed wrote: |
| Masan or Kyongju that have significant natural beauty is a good idea |
I take it you've never been to masan. It is depressingly ugly, even with the harbour it still comes up a grey |
I must be thinking of somewhere else then. I wonder what I was thinking of that has a similar name. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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From the Seoul City webpage:
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Korean capital set to lose its Seoul?
07/06/2004
Seoul - The rural county of Yeongi in central South Korea was tapped on Monday as the most likely future seat of government under a controversial $45-billion plan to move the country's capital away from congested Seoul.
President Roh Moo-hyun made relocating the capital to the centre of the country a key pledge in his election campaign. The project - set to begin in 2007 and be completed in 2030 - was approved by parliament last year.
Officials of Seoul, a city of 10,3 million people which has been a Korean capital since the 14th century, have criticised the plan as wasteful and ill-considered. Last week, more than 10,000 people gathered at City Hall to protest over the relocation.
Roh and other proponents say relocating the capital, a plan first hatched four decades ago, will alleviate overcrowding in Seoul, reduce its stranglehold on the economy and ease regional rivalries.
Relocating the capital will alleviate overcrowding in Seoul
Seoul - which means "capital" in Korean - is also the cultural, educational, business and financial capital of South Korea, a country the size of Belgium or Pennsylvania with a population of 48 million people.
Yeongi, about 80km southeast of Seoul, won the highest marks among four candidates evaluated by the Presidential Committee on Administrative Capital Relocation.
Although the final decision will come in August, Yeongi - situated at the confluence of two rivers in lush rice-growing country - bested nearby contender Nonsan by such a large margin that it is assured of winning, officials and analysts said.
The committee cited Yeongi's location, topography and ready access to highways and high-speed railways as favourable for a new seat for the administrative and legislative branches of government.
In an interview with Reuters in February, Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak said he was "fundamentally opposed" to moving the capital for a host of economic, political and diplomatic reasons.
Lee said it would send the wrong message to North Korea, the communist northern half of the peninsula with which the South formally aspires to reunite one day. If the capital had to move it should be northward toward the fortified Demilitarised Zone frontier between the two states.
Lee, a former Hyundai Group construction executive, estimated the cost of moving the capital at $90-billion, twice the government's projection. |
I would save the money for unification then move the capital back to Gaesung (between Seoul and Pyeongyang). That would solve more than one problem. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| Sweet, the capital will be finished when I'm 50 years old. I can't wait. |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:34 am Post subject: |
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From the Seoul City webpage:
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Seoul - which means "capital" in Korean - is also the cultural, educational, business and financial capital of South Korea, a country the size of Belgium or Pennsylvania with a population of 48 million people.
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??? South-Korea is about 3 times the size of Belgium!
Can I have the link to that page?
Edit: found it already, they got the story from another site & already mailed them to tell them they made a stupid mistake (how hard is it to check the area of a country??).
update: The original site (www.iol.co.za) already mailed me back and they've changed it  Of course the copy on the Seoul City website is still wrong. |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| If they're moving the capital, what will they call Seoul? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Paji eh Wong wrote: |
| If they're moving the capital, what will they call Seoul? |
Seoul |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| There's a nice little example of double speak. Maybe it will confuse the Norks when they finally get around to invading. |
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Well, techinically, Seoul will still be the capital as it will still be home to the executive branch. They'd only move the legislative and judicial branches... |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| ryleeys wrote: |
| Well, techinically, Seoul will still be the capital as it will still be home to the executive branch. They'd only move the legislative and judicial branches... |
A bit like the difference between Canberra and sydney, or Pretoria and johannesburg. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| Rapier wrote: |
| A bit like the difference between Canberra and sydney |
Sydney serves no federal government fuction.
As soon as i saw this on the news the first thing I could think about was I think the amount of ���(Real estate) agents will go up astronomically. Anything for a quick buck.
Here is the proof from Chosun
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407060041.html |
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Ryst Helmut
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Location: In search of the elusive signature...
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Asan/Cheonan/Gongjoo may very well be the general area for the new cap....the government is already 'forcing' people to sell their land for the creation of new cities...bastards. Though we're getting decent rates, it'll be nothing compared to what it'll be worth in 2 years.
Gov't is also selling land for a few won per pyoung to universities (especially those 'major four' in Seoul) in hopes they'll move down and give some credibility for a move.
!Shoosh
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Tokyo. |
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calypso
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| ryleeys wrote: |
| Well, techinically, Seoul will still be the capital as it will still be home to the executive branch. They'd only move the legislative and judicial branches... |
Why do you think this? It was the President's idea to move and he said the executive branch would move. Seoul would be like New York or Sydney, Toronto, etc. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Even though only 5% voted for Ulsan, it has a LOT of advantages...and only ONE disadvantage! It has an airport (unlike Masan!) and a fairly well developed public transportation system. It also has a lot of unoccupied land surrounding it.
The one problem that it has is that the KTX doesn't go there....but I think that could be easily remedied. |
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