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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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 Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:54 am Post subject: Paju - a city on the move |
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Paju G&G!
I work in Paju. I thought Paju was just another podunk town but it seems its something else. Aside from my posionously beautiful employers, Paju has the road to Geasong, the inter Korea railroad and vacation homes over looking the DMZ. Its good to sip lattes while you can watch Norks munch on lawn grass. It makes you feel good about yourself. Oh, I have been indirectly making money from the NK sand purchases which it is argued gave KJI the money to buy the nuke bombs. I teach the salesmen English.
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PAJU, South Korea � Six miles from the heavily mined and guarded zone that divides North Korea from South Korea, workers at LG.Philips LCD are starting to produce liquid-crystal display screens at a new $5 billion plant.
Nearby, apartment buildings are on the rise. And in the shadow of an old hilltop machine-gun nest, a cheery blue and red billboard announces that English Village, a new 65-acre language-teaching theme park, will open in March.
For two generations, the 30 miles between the demilitarized zone and Seoul were intentionally kept sparsely developed, a kind of buffer zone against a North Korean attack. But the political d�tente between the two countries is bearing economic fruit as South Korea's economic expansion washes away psychological barriers and now laps at the southern edge of the long-feared DMZ.
The stampede to what developers bill as the last best place near Seoul is propelled by the pressure of nearly 50 million people squeezed into South Korea, a country smaller than Virginia, and by an economy that looks to cap costs and compete with China.
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: Gyoha-ri (Newtown) in Paju City |
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| dulouz wrote: |
Paju G&G!
I work in Paju. I thought Paju was just another podunk town but it seems its something else. Aside from my posionously beautiful employers, Paju has the road to Geasong, the inter Korea railroad and vacation homes over looking the DMZ. Its good to sip lattes while you can watch Norks munch on lawn grass. It makes you feel good about yourself. Oh, I have been indirectly making money from the NK sand purchases which it is argued gave KJI the money to buy the nuke bombs. I teach the salesmen English.
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PAJU, South Korea � Six miles from the heavily mined and guarded zone that divides North Korea from South Korea, workers at LG.Philips LCD are starting to produce liquid-crystal display screens at a new $5 billion plant.
Nearby, apartment buildings are on the rise. And in the shadow of an old hilltop machine-gun nest, a cheery blue and red billboard announces that English Village, a new 65-acre language-teaching theme park, will open in March.
For two generations, the 30 miles between the demilitarized zone and Seoul were intentionally kept sparsely developed, a kind of buffer zone against a North Korean attack. But the political d�tente between the two countries is bearing economic fruit as South Korea's economic expansion washes away psychological barriers and now laps at the southern edge of the long-feared DMZ.
The stampede to what developers bill as the last best place near Seoul is propelled by the pressure of nearly 50 million people squeezed into South Korea, a country smaller than Virginia, and by an economy that looks to cap costs and compete with China.
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Do you work in Gyoha (Newtown)? |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Paju seems like a friendly enough town. Just 20 min. to Ilsan by bus. Real estate has got to be way cheaper than Seoul. Fresh air, surrounded by nature. Green spaces. I saw a job on worknplay for a teacher needed to teach salary workers for 2.5 but didn't follow through. If married, Ilsan or Paju wouldn't be a bad place to set up shop. Tons of students there to tap into. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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I've been living here for two weeks now. So far it has been guite nice place to live in, but compared to Ilsan (which is at least twice as big) Paju is a bit dull. Okay, I live on the south side of the river in one of those "Vivaldi" APTs, so maybe little dullness can be expected.
I've done few excursions to the town itself and E-mart, but I haven't found decent coffee store or movie theatre so far. Will keep on looking, though. |
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