Metropolis From Scratch

In South Korea, construction teams are at work on an entirely new city for international business that is expected to have half a million residents within 5 years.

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April 20, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The future location of New Songdo City lies on a landfill island 40 miles from Seoul. This 1,500-acre project about the size of midtown Manhattan will be the premier location for multinational firms to headquarter their Northeast Asian operations. The city is expected to hit half a million people by 2010, evenly divided between Koreans and expats.

Thanks to Seth Brown

FULL STORY: Metropolis from Scratch: South Korea's New Songdo City

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