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The city of Yeosu consists of the Yeosu peninsula as well as 365 islands [1] (48 inhabited, 317 uninhabited). Being midway along the southern coast of South Korea, it is flanked by Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province to the east with a natural waterway, and the Bay of Suncheon to the west and northwest, the city of Suncheon sprawling along its banks.
Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities. "Specific city" ( 특정시, 特定市) is an unofficial term for big city with municipal status. [citation needed] Due its legal status as an administrative city, Jeju City cannot be designated as a "big city" under the Local Autonomy Law, despite having an estimated population exceeding ...
Yeosu: RKJY: RSU: Korea Airports Corporation: Yeosu Airport: Military/civil dual-use airports Busan: RKPK: PUS: Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Air Force: Gimhae International Airport: Cheongju: RKTU: CJJ: Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Air Force: Cheongju International Airport: Daegu: RKTN: TAE: Korea Airports ...
Yeosu Expo station. / 34.75778°N 127.74722°E / 34.75778; 127.74722. Yeosu Expo station (Ko: 여수엑스포역) is a KTX station in the city of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the Jeolla Line . KTX, ITX-Saemaeul, Mugunghwa-ho, and the S-Train stop at the station. It is registered as Yeosu-EXPO (Korean name 여수 ...
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (), which is abbreviated KST. [1] [2] South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.[3]From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodate the calendar of competitions held during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
A high-speed railroad by the name of the Korea Train Express (KTX) is in service between Seoul, Busan, Yeosu, Jinju, Donghae, Gangneung and Mokpo. [ 73] The railway uses French TGV/LGV technology. Service started on April 1, 2004, using the completed high-speed line sections and using upgraded conventional lines.
August 28, 1936 – a typhoon struck South Korea, killing 1,104 people. [1] July 10, 1939 – a typhoon struck the western coast of North Korea. [2] July 12, 1940 – local newspapers reported a typhoon that struck the city of Seoul, killing 52 people. [3] July 23, 1940 – a typhoon moved across much of the Korean Peninsula. [3]
The Yeosu-Suncheon rebellion, also known as the Yeo-Sun incident (Yeo-Sun an abbreviation of Yeosu and Suncheon ), was a rebellion that began in October 1948 and mostly ended by November of the same year. However, pockets of resistance lasted through to 1957, almost 10 years later. It is often called a "rebellion incident", but it is used as a ...