Korean Job Discussion Forums

[freeformlurker]

I've been offered a job in Sangju and I can't find very much information about what life is like for an expat in the city. I was wondering if anyone who has lived there could give me an idea of what it is like. It seems quite small and remote. I don't want to accept the job and find out I am stuck in the middle of nowhere with no way out!

Thanks.

[jvalmer]

If you're posting this then you probably should not work in Sangju. It is an inconvenient location because the train barely comes to town and you'll bus it everywhere and they end by 10pm.

Honestly, it is a pretty small city with just under 100,000 people. You can walk the main core of the city in just over an hour. Not a happening place.

[freeformlurker]

[yakey]

Sangju is not that bad. It's known as the bicycle city, so you see more people there riding bikes than most cities in Korea. It is also the persimmon city. They grow a lot of persimmon there. You will probably network with the other 10 or so foreign English teachers there and it may not be that bad. Also, you can catch a bus to Gumi, about 1 hour away. Gumi is a city of about 600,000 people and has cinemas, restaurants, a decent bookstore, etc. There was a Sangju National University, but I believe it was taken over by Daegu's Kyungpook University. I believe the K League First Division Pro Soccer League has a team in Sangju as well. My experience in Korea is that if the job is good and the people are nice, then the rest of it works itself out. If the job is too demanding or just not fun, it doesn't matter where you are - it won't work out that well.

[Who's Your Daddy?]

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[No_hite_pls]

I worked in small town one year, it was hard for me and I am married. As a single person I think it would be much more difficult.