This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in. View previous topic :: View next topic. Josephine Joined: 18 Oct Posted: Fri Oct 24, am Post subject: living and teaching in Suwon. Hi, I just excepted a teaching position in Suwon Korea. This is my first time going to korea but I have taught in several other countries. Does anyone know about Suwon? Has anyone taught and lived there?
I am worried that it is going to be boring and inconvenient. Someone said that I should live and work in Seoul or I won't have a good experience in Korea. Suwon seems to be a fairly big city and it is not far from Seoul via subway.
Does anyone have any information on Suwon? Back to top. Posted: Fri Oct 24, am Post subject:. I live in Pyeongtaek, further down the road from Seoul than Suwon. I also go to Suwon from time to time to meet with a friend. I think you will be ok in Suwon. You can travel to Seoul on the weekends. If you prefer a lifestyle of going out on weekday nights, then you might want to look for a job in Seoul instead, but you probably won't have time with a hagwon job.
With a public school job, you will probably be too tired to want to do much. It depends on what you want. I don't suggest going further south than Suwon unless you can handle countryside living. Believe it or not, there is life and other stuff to do outside of Seoul and Gyonggi Province, where Suwon is. If you want late night music, dancing, partying, culture, meeting people, hanging out etc, then Seoul is the center of the young partying universe in Korea. However, a lot of the foreign English teachers I know either end up buying a car or commuting to Seoul or to wherever the action is on the weekend by train or bus.
One such summertime excursion that a lot of people go to is the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach. Daejeon, Daegu, Gwangju and Pusan are all sort of south ot Suwon, of which Pusan is probably the coolest city to live because of the beaches there.
