Location: Suncheon
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Suncheon (Korean pronunciation: [sun.tɕʰʌn]) (Suncheon-si) is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a scenic agricultural and industrial city of around 250,000 people near Suncheon Bay. It is located in the southeastern corner of Jeollanam-do, just over an hour south-east of Gwangju. Forty minutes south of Suncheon is the port city of Yeosu, and twenty minutes to the east of Suncheon is Gwangyang. It is currently experiencing strong development due to being included as part of the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone, one of three newly created Free Economic Zones (FEZs) in South Korea due to open within the next decade. As of October 14, 2007 plans are being set up and a referendum is being planned for a merging of the cities of Yeosu, Suncheon and Gwangyang into a new metropolitan city, taking advantage of the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone, Yeosu's Expo 2012 bid and port facilities, Suncheon's educational institutes and Gwangyang's POSCO plant.
Restaurants in Suncheon
1. Suncheon Aretjang Market
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By moot - Tenbury Wells, United Kingdom
The night market we found last Saturday night was not a market as such - more a fun, friendly night out for locals and tourists alike! Apparently it happens every Friday & Saturday and there is live music from a variety of performers including a great band of girl drummers. The live streaming on the huge screen above the stage adds excitement as you see yourselves when the camera zooms in! We were the only westerners but we felt most welcome. We were even approached to complete a visitor’s questionnaire which we did with the help of Papago/Google translate! Cold beer and soju is available and many stalls take credit card. When we bought our shrimp and noodle dish from one of the 15-20 food stalls we stood at one of the makeshift table tops and ended up being invited to share our neighbours’ food and drink! They left and we were then invited to join another couple about our age (mid 50s) who had enough English to have a fascinating chat. As they left we took the ubiquitous selfie and they fished in their bag and presented us with a beautiful pair of wooden chopsticks in a silk pocket each.
