Pohang, South Korea

Pohang:

The city where we worked, about 45 minutes from the hotel.


The view at the beach in Pohang	POSCO Steel on from the beach in Pohang
	A market in Pohang

About the Area:

Pohang was a quiet fishing village with beautiful beaches in the east coast up until 1970, when the Pohang Iron and Steel Company, Ltd. was established as one of the national economic developments to provide the nation with the much needed supply of steel. Pohang has now developed into one of industrial centers of Korea, with a population of 350,000. With the advent of the Pohang University of Science and Technology in 1986, Pohang added a new dimension to its facet as a technical center of Korea playing a leading role in the future Korean technological development.

Songdo Beach & POSCO

Pohang is located 210 miles southeast of Seoul, the capital city of Korea. It is within a thirty minute's reach north of Kyongju, an ancient city of Shilla Dynasty. Taegu, the third largest city in Korea and the center of the North Kyungsang Province, is one hour away to the west. The National Expressway passes through Taegu and Kyongju. From Kyongju to Pohang runs an Industrial Expressway to help transport the products of POSCO and related industries in Pohang.

A map of Kyongju


Another view of the Hotel	Pusok Temple


A Korean Gas Station at sunrise	A typical street in Pohang

Traditional Yangan House

The homes of the Choson Kingdom's yangban elite were usually whitewashed with brown trim and gray tile roofs. The yangban, and all commoners, were not allowed to use the bright tanch'ong decoration found on palaces and Buddhist temples. The homes of well-to-do yangban could be large, however, and often consisted of several different wings and outbuildings.