23 Facts About Daejeon

Daejeon is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.

Daejeon serves as a hub of transportation for major rail and road routes, and is approximately 50 minutes from the capital, Seoul, by KTX or SRT high speed rail.

Daejeon is situated in a lowland valley with three major rivers eventually flowing into the Yellow Sea by way of the Geum river.

Daejeon area was historically known as Hanbat, a native Korean term for "large field", during the Joseon Dynasty.

In 1926 under the rule of the Japanese government, the Honam Railway was built between Mokpo and Daejeon, transforming the latter into a major transportation hub.

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Therefore, Daejeon was one of the cities with great cultural influence of Japanese residents.

Today, the national government offices in Daejeon include Korea Customs Service, Small and Medium Business Administration, Public Procurement Service, National Statistical Office, Military Manpower Administration, Korea Forest Service, Cultural Heritage Administration, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Korail, Korea Water Resources Corporation, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation and Patent Court of Korea.

Population of Daejeon increased dramatically as a result of the government center.

However, with the construction of Sejong Special Self-Governing City in 2013 for the division of capital functions and balanced local development, many of the public institutions that had previously headed to Daejeon were moved to Sejong, and many public institutions in Seoul were moved to Sejong.

The river changes direction after leaving Daejeon, turning to the southwest and eventually emptying into the Yellow Sea near Gunsan.

Daejeon has a monsoon-influenced, four-season climate that lies between the humid subtropical and humid continental climatic classifications, with slightly more mild temperature extremes compared with Seoul.

Daejeon is divided into five political "gu" or "districts": Seogu, Donggu, Yuseonggu, Daedeokgu, and Junggu .

On 16 May 2013, Daejeon was selected as the core of the International Science and Business Belt.

Daejeon is the home of multiple arts and culture complexes, mostly centered around the Daedeok area.

Daejeon citizens are recognized for their fondness of nature, with most mountains, hot springs, and rivers freely open for public use.

Daejeon is a provincial center for the television, newspaper and publishing industries.

Major television broadcasting companies, such as KBS and MBC, have branches in Daejeon; Taejon Broadcasting Corporation is a local television broadcaster based in Daejeon.

Daejeon Ilbo is the major local newspaper which covers South Chungcheong province.

Daejeon Science Festival, which symbolizes the science city of Daejeon, is a representative festival.

Daejeon is home to multiple professional teams and national and internationally-active sports facilities.

The Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex built in 1964, was a host site during the 1986 Asian Games, and hosted preliminaries during the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Daejeon is a center of transportation in South Korea, where two major expressways, Gyeongbu Expressway and Honam Expressway Branch, and two major railway lines, Gyeongbu railway and Honam railway, are joined.

The nearest airport to Daejeon is Cheongju Airport, about a thirty-minute drive north of Daejeon.