Korean Job Discussion Forums

Mitch Comestein · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Location: South

Anything going on here?

thursdays child · Joined: 21 Sep 2005

Mokpo...

I think it's a great weee city. Awesome location for island hopping in the summer. Kinda shitty location if you like Seoul - but it does have/is getting the KTX.

Seemed to have a tight bunch of ex-pats. (I was just visiting)

tweeterdj · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Location: Gwangju

Mokpo's been good to my wife and i. quite a few foreigners for a small sized city. i'm told there's one in every public school now, plus i heard somewhere that it will be the capital of Jeollanam-do, as Gwangju is getting it's autonomous status apparently. anyway, if you need to be near a lot of stuff going on, it's not right for you. but it is a lot quieter and easier going than the larger cities. if you want to be in the south, but still want a larger crowd, try Gwangju. it's really nice, fairly large. on the other hand, Mokpo is only an hour and a half from Gwangju...

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Mokpo

mokpochica · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

I love Mokpo...but then my hubby is from Mokpo and that is where we met, so I may be a bit biased. Smile

It is a nice sized city though and people are very friendly--in my experience. There are enough ex-pats around that you will have people to hang out with when you need someone to speak English to. It's by the ocean, it has a nice mountain (Yudalsan) to climb, and the food in Cheollado is supposed to be the best in Korea. (Of course Cheollado is more than just Mokpo, but the food is pretty awesome!)

Mokpo is good times!