Hello. I created this blog to share my experiences teaching in Samcheonpo with my friends, as well as to help out people considering taking a job with one of the many hagowns here. The reason the url is "Life in Sacheon" is because Samcheonpo-si is one half of Sacheon, the other is called Sacheon-eub. So a job posting for Sacheon will be in either of these cities. They are close, kind of like Buda and Pest (Budapest), albeit on a much much smaller scale. The city itself is small, only having about 50,000 people, but it is very compact. everything is within walking distance and it is a pedestrian oriented city.
As one of my Korean friends said, Samcheonpo is a fishermans town. Most of the people here are either children or older people. The younger people go to university or get jobs in bigger cities. However, since this is the case, there are many hagwons here if you are thinking of teaching here. While I wouldn't call the city itself pretty, the surrounding environs are. The port and a small beach are on the edge of town, while the rest of the town is surrounded by beautiful forested mountains.
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