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	Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Wonju - good location?
		Wonju people are very friendly however, and I've made some lifelong friends here.
		Coming to a country whose native language I do not speak or understand and living in a smallish city is a bit of a step and I'm worried about not being able to make friends, as some people have expressed on this board.
		Wonju is also the sister city of Roanoke, Virginia...
	www.eslcafe.com /forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=56929&start=0 (1411 words)

	Wonju - Galbijim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wonju (원주시) is a city in the southwest part of Gangwon-do.
		Wonju is located directly near the centre of the Korean Peninsula, in the middle of the Taebaek Mountains.
		The Wonju Bus Terminal is toward the northern end of town, a couple kilometers from downtown.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Wonju (400 words)

	UNITEDEDU.COM - ESL Job Center
		Wonju, located at the foot of Chiaksan National Park, is a city filled with beautiful natural scenery and a grand view of the mighty Som River.
		While Wonju is filled with cultural historic spots, it is also a busy crossroads at the centre of the country.
		Like the legend of "Requital of a Pheasant", Wonju is a city of kind souls and good people.
	www.unitededu.com /uec_job_board.php?searchword=Wonju&list_sw=Yes (289 words)

	Korean War, Wonju 1 and Twin Tunnels
		Further south the 23d Infantry sent reconnaissance parties east from Suwon to Wonju, Chechon and Chungju; the 38th Infantry reconnoitered north east from Seoul to Chunchon and Hongchon and the 72d Tank Battalion mapped the roads to the south.
		The 9th, in the south in the vicinity of Wonju, was sending out ex tensive patrols, one of which uncovered an enemy force of 430 dressed in GI uniforms.
		Supporting the defense were the 37th and 38th FA Bns emplaced south of Wonju and the 15th FA Bn at Sillim-ni, east of Wonju in the 9th Infantry Sector.
	www.2id.org /wonju1-tt.htm (9178 words)

	::: World Peace Fanfare 2004 :::
		Wonju is in a generally flat area, but with numerous low hills.
		Namhan and Seom River define the border between Wonju and Yeoju of Gyenggi province in the west.
		Wonju International TATTOO, the only tattoo held in Asia, is getting settled down as one of the three biggest tattoo festivals in the world.
	www.wonjutattoo.com /eng/engindex1-2.php (513 words)

	Wonju, A good place to Teach English for a year.
		Wonju is a nice little town with no great claim to fame and lots of things to charm.
		Wonju is paired with Edmonton, in Canada, as a friendship city.
		Wonju is only a few Kilometres from Chiaksan mountain and its really easy to take local bus 41 to go see it.
	members.tripod.com /ca_demerchant/wonju.html (610 words)

	Korean War History - 2nd Infantry Division (2id)
		The Wonju defense line was established on the high ground around the city during the night and early morning with the strength placed to the north.
		Throughout the daylight hours of the 13th, the Wonju area was quiet as the defenders feverishly prepared their defenses.
		And as the 23d RCT was engaged in repelling the swarms of Chinese around Chipyong, the defenders of Wonju were also coming under attack by the eastward spear of the Chinese two-pronged drive for victory.
	www.2id.org /wonju-chip.htm (5402 words)

	Wonju Christian Hospital
		Wonju Christian Hospital is currently, also, the best hospital in central Korea with 850 beds and 29 clinical departments.
		Currently Wonju Christian Hospital is educating and training about 220 resident, the student nurses and doctors at Wonju College of Medicine, and providing practice for students from the College of Health Science, student nurses, medical technicians and emergency medical technicians.
		Wonju Christian Hospital puts much emphasis on examining and caring for patients by running the Regional Emergency Center 24 hours a day, and the hospital is conveniently situated, which makes it the best tertiary general hospital in central Korea.
	www.wch.or.kr /english (328 words)

	Wonju Christian Hospital
		Wonju Christian Hospital is currently, also, the best hospital in central Korea with 850 beds and 29 clinical departments.
		Currently Wonju Christian Hospital is educating and training about 220 resident, the student nurses and doctors at Wonju College of Medicine, and providing practice for students from the College of Health Science, student nurses, medical technicians and emergency medical technicians.
		Wonju Christian Hospital puts much emphasis on examining and caring for patients by running the Regional Emergency Center 24 hours a day, and the hospital is conveniently situated, which makes it the best tertiary general hospital in central Korea.
	wch.or.kr /english/intro/index.asp?cat_no=484&n=1 (328 words)

	CHAPTER XI: Withdrawal to Line D
		The Wonju attack was to be assisted by the enveloping effect of other V Corps attacks farther west and by the II Corps advance on the east.
		Wonju sits in the bottom of a bowl in the valley of the Wonju River.
		Wonju, in his judgment, was so important and indeed so rare a road junction that any force controlling it had gone far toward controlling central Korea.
	www.kmike.com /EbbAndFlow/Ch11.htm (7708 words)

	Wonju, by J. D. Coleman
		In the ‘Final Analysis,’ Wonju was the Korean Gettysburg, as Coleman makes clear in the last chapter by the same name.
		The author has a useful summary of events in the war that led up to the crucial battles in Koreas’ interior: the lightning assaults thru Taejon; the Pusan perimeter stand; the surge back north after In’chon; the subsequent collapse and bugout by Army forces after the rout of Chinese intervention.
		At Wonju, the aggressive tactics of the 187th RCT, better weather, a massive artillery barrage and aerial resupply crushed the Chinese.
	www.chosin.com /Coleman.html (680 words)

	Korean National Heritage Online
		Wonju Municipal Museum opened in November 2000 to collect and exhibit the history and the cultural data of the Wonju area, and to act as a community education center where the local history can be taught and handed down to the younger generations.
		Wonju enjoyed advantageous conditions of the waterways, which have well-developed bayous that have been actively utilized as water transportation systems in the Goryeo Dynasty.
		The knife was excavated in Wolsol-ri, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju.
	www.heritage.go.kr /eng/mus/pub_14.jsp (2172 words)

	Colonial Avenue - Wonju Street -- City of Roanoke
		We are seeking input from citizens as to which alternative would be the best shortterm and long-term solution and provide the best use of limited transportation funding.
		Alternatives one and two involve the extension of Wonju Street, which would be classified as an “urban minor arterial” roadway, serving travel needs across the greater Roanoke area.
		In Alternative 3, the timing for signals on Colonial Avenue at Wonju Street and the southbound Route 220 off-ramp would be adjusted and coordinated to allow for better traffic flow through both intersections.
	www.virginiadot.org /projects/const-project.asp?ID=314 (764 words)

	In its sister city, Roanoke's name doesn't ring any bells - Roanoke.com
		WONJU, South Korea -- Cho Tae-joon, 45, stood sweeping gravel at an intersection of Roanoke Street on a freezing December afternoon.
		Lee, who was born in Wonju, said she didn't know her city and Roanoke were somehow connected.
		If Roanoke is off the radar of the average Wonju citizen, the same can be said of Wonju itself to the average Korean living elsewhere in the country.
	www.roanoke.com /extra/wb/wb/xp-49378 (758 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leaders of Wonju Civic Movement Against the Off-Track Betting Center, a consortium of 78 religious, civic, labor and academic groups, held a press conference on Oct. 23 to voice their opposition.
		The center in Wonju, about 90 kilometers (about 55 miles) southeast of Seoul, is scheduled to open in late October or early November to handle bets on horse racing.
		The priest, who is also a member of Wonju Diocese's justice and peace committee, said the KRA had given consideration only to profit and not to the ill effects of horseracing.
	www.catholic.org /printer_friendly.php?id=21804§ion=Cathcom (674 words)

	::: World Peace Fanfare 2004 :::
		Followed by World Peace Fanfare 2000, 2002, The Wonju International Tattoo Incorporated Foundation was established on March 2004 on the basis of maintaining stable and continuous enterprises.
		The recent changes will contribute expertise needed in running festivals and networks of culturally related human resources as well as personnel of the Foundation, which is the key to the continuation of the festival.
		The new name "Wonju Tattoo" is a Koreanized echoic word, which will be used as a brand name and nickname adapted from the foreign word tattoo.
	www.wonjutattoo.com /eng/sub1.php (242 words)

	The 1999 Eastern-Peak Ceremony for the Chiak-San-shin
		The historical background and purpose of this ceremony is described on page 156 of my book, and there is a photo of the shine on the preceeding page.
		The Mayor of Wonju City, Han Seong-ju, was the Leading Officiant at the 1999 performance of the
		This was a then-very-rare public endorsement of San-shin traditions by a highly-placed, elected public official; I was very pleased to see it.
	san-shin.org /dongak1.html (137 words)

	[No title]
		ㅇ The mountain in the symbol represents Chiaksan, in Wonju.
		ㅇ The personified image of a pheasant represents the values of Wonju, where the quality of life is high and the communities are vibrant.
		ㅇ The symbol express an energetic city of harmony, Wonju by combination of green leaves that represent nature and land, the buildings that represent the city, and the energetic Wonju citizens.
	english.wonju.go.kr /Sub_menu.php?sub=2-4emblem.html&menu_code=108-16-12-14&level=5 (338 words)

	Wonju City (원주시), E-mart (이마드) and the Tourist Information Center (관광안개소), Wonju City Bus - bowlad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I wasn't in a big hurry because I only needed a couple of things from E-mart and since it was my third trip I was confident in my ability to get there and back before the last bus left for home.
		There are two maps of Wonju, a cartoon version and a more conventional map.
		You can look at the Wonju City Intelligent Transportation System website but I could only get it to work with IE and the security settings on my home computer block the bus maps.
	bowlad.com /serendipity/index.php?/archives/49-Wonju-City-,-E-mart-and-the-Tourist-Information-Center-,-Wonju-City-Bus.html (1738 words)

	Tour2Korea.com
		Wonju Tattoo, the greatest military music festival in Asia, is co-organized by Wonju-si and the Ministry of National Defense and is held every autumn.
		The festival will be held in Wonju Tattoo Plaza (with a seating capacity of 5,000), which opens in July, 2006.
		In the past, Tattoo was the drum sound in order to control the military power and since then, it’s been used for roll call or a military ritual.
	english.tour2korea.com /02Culture/events/Depth04.asp?sight=Event&sightseeing_id=627&ADDRESS_1=15741&ADDRESS_2=14556&konum=1&kosm=m2_1 (368 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		Climatic warming has proceeded rapidly in Wonju, Gangwon Province, where in the last 20 years the yearly average temperature has increased by 1.3 degrees Celcius, twice the average temperature increase for the whole country.
		According to the results of an analysis done Wednesday by the Korea Meteorological Administration and the Chosun Ilbo, the average yearly temperature of Wonju was 10.6 degrees in the 1980s, but in the last six years it has increased to 11.9 degrees.
		The rate of increase is similar to that for the whole country over the last 100 years, and it shows how fast warming in Wonju is progressing.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200702/200702160010.html (476 words)

	The Yonsei University at Wonju English Language Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mission of this institute is to provide English instruction to all students of Yonsei University and to the surrounding community.
		The Yonsei University Language Institute was founded in 1996 as a part of the Yonsei University Wonju Campus.
		The Wonju campus is one of the most scenic campus in Korea.
	www.ysli.com /english01.htm (709 words)

	Amazon.com: wonju (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War by J. Coleman (Paperback - Oct 2001)
		Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War by J.D. Coleman (Hardcover - 2000)
		Lieutenant Colonel McPhail, was at Wonju with Division HO.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=wonju&index=blended&page=1 (993 words)

	WHKMLA Documents : Elie van Schilt, Dutch Volunteers fighting in the Korean War, the NDVN Story, ch. 14
		The company commanders hold inspection, but they can't say who is dead, wounded or missing, still Dutchmen come in who have spent the night somewhere else, because they could not proceed, because of exhaustion, or because they were unable to find the airport in darkness.
		This time Wonju has to be held, at any price, this is the 2nd Division's task.
		Under no circumstances may Wonju fall into the hands of the Chinese, it is strategically too important.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/documents/ndvn/ndvn14.html (1115 words)

	Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War by J. D. Coleman in Hardcover at Smarter.com
		Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War by J. Coleman in Hardcover at Smarter.com
		This is the first book to show that after fifteen days of combat at Wonju, Chinese leaders realized that they could not win the war andcould possibly lose it.
		J.D. Coleman's comparison bewteen the pivotal battles of Wonju and Gettysburg is original and thought-provoking.
	www.smarter.com /wonju_the_gettysburg_of_the_korean_war---pd--ch-1--pi-1852207.html (367 words)

	Wonju Christian Hospital
		The main concept of Wonju Christian Hospital is 'Christian Mission through Medical Service,' which is to use the Christian spirit to help people who are suffering.
		Every members of Wonju Christian Hospital is striving to make our hospital human-centered, customer-centered, and environment-centered.
		Wonju Christian Hospital wants to be a clinic where every customer is its owner, and always puts promises with our customers above anything else.
	www.wch.or.kr /english/message/index.asp?cat_no=483 (166 words)

	Amazon.com: Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War: Books: J. D. Coleman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Coleman, now a retired lieutenant colonel, was a sergeant in the 187th Regimental Combat Team and survived the brutal fighting in February 1951 for the critical central South Korean town of Wonju.
		JD Coleman has attempted to illustrate how the battles around Wonju were the high-water mark for the Chinese, much as Gettysburg was the beginning of the end for the Confederates.
		Wonju is a prominent example of the insanity of war, especially at an individual level.
	www.amazon.com /Wonju-Gettysburg-J-D-Coleman/dp/1574882120 (1363 words)

	Mirago : Regional: Asia: South Korea: Gangwon: Wonju
		Chapter 15: Defending the Wonju Line - Detailed discussion of fighting in the area in February 1951.
		Wonju City - Concise statistical profile from the local government association, KLAFIR.
		Wonju City - Local government site, supplementing basic information with a travel guide and list of local specialties.
	www.miragorobot.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top%2fRegional%2fAsia%2fSouth_Korea%2fGangwon%2fWonju (116 words)

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