Additional Places To Get Information About Life in South Korea:
Cities across Korea have begun reaching out to ex-pats to provide increasingly timely, accurate, and helpful updates via Facebook pages. The Facebook page information comes directly from government sources and helps to improve communication between international residents and the local culture and government. Such pages share information about government planned events, public health initiatives, area news, community insights, and tips on living in Korea.
South of Seoul highly encourages you to follow these local, government-managed Facebook pages to learn how national and local events will impact you. As an international resident, these pages will: 1) improve your understanding of your community, and 2) increase your sense of connectedness to the community.
Here are 5 local government managed Facebook pages that we follow:
Pyeongtaek Insight
Located on the Southern border of Gyeonggi-do, Pyeongtaek-si is an administrative district which includes the communities of: Paengseong, Sinjang-dong/Songtan, Pyeongtaek City, Anjung, Pyeongtaek Port, and more. The area also hosts two USA military bases: Camp Humphreys Army Base and Osan Air Force Base.
Pyeongtaeks English speaking international community includes US military, US military dependents, US military contractors, international students, small business owners, international spouses, company employees, agricultural workers, Korean-Americans, English educators, and university professors.
Colorful Daegu
Daegu is situated in the central area of South Korea. The large, historic city hosts the US Army Garrison Daegu. The city has increasingly focused on improving tourism and access for English language speakers. Daegu’s Facebook page focuses on domestic English speaking tourism and offers many excellent ideas for day or weekend trips.
Incheon City
Incheon is an area of great economic activity with the Free Economic Trade zone hosting a variety of international companies with English speaking employees. A variety of foreign universities also have satellite programs on the Incheon Global Campus where English-speaking students attend undergraduate and graduate school.
In order to better serve their growing English population, Incheon shares important local information on their Facebook page.
Jeonju, All About Korea
Jeonju is one of South Korea’s most beautiful small cities with a wide variety of events and activities year round. Their English Facebook page aims at sharing information for weekend warriors looking things to do.
Dynamic Busan
Busan is South Korea’s second largest city and hosts a substantial English speaking population. Their Facebook page speaks to residents of the city as well as those traveling on the weekend. It gives a more complete look at how the city exists as a place to live and a place to visit.
Should I really join all these local Facebook Groups?
Yes, get your news from local source will help you feel a sense of place that following ex-pat blogs (including ours) simply can’t provide. A well rounded source of information from different communities within South Korea can greatly improve your sense of well-being provide the necessary information to ease culture shock more quickly.
Founded in 2015, the South of Seoul team consists of volunteers on three continents working together to support English-speaking people traveling or living in South Korea. South of Seoul volunteers work with organizations and individuals across South Korea to improve equitable access to information across South Korea. Much of South of Seoul’s information focuses on Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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