Uijeongbu

Uijeongbu (의정부시) is a city in Gyeonggi.

Understand
Uijeongbu is located north of the Korean capital Seoul; it lies inside a defile, with mountains on two sides, and commands a natural choke point across the main traditional invasion route from the North into Seoul. As such it has a continued military significance and it contains U.S. and Korean military bases, positioned for the defense of the Korean capital. The U.S. Second Infantry Division has established a headquarters post in Uijeongbu.

Despite being known for its military presence, the area has boomed into a satellite community of Seoul with the usual civilian infrastructure and amenities. For tourists, the most interesting are the local mountains such as Mt. Dobong, Mt. Surak and Mt. Soyo. The mountains are popular recreational areas for hiking and are frequented by residents living in the Seoul Metropolitan area.

This city is also famous for its budae-jjigae (lit. "army base stew"), made with hot dogs and SPAM. In the city there is even a "buddaejjigae street", a street where there is a high concentration of army base stew restaurants.

Get in
Uijeongbu is just north of Seoul, so travelers can take the subway or bus to get to the city easily.

By subway

 * Take Subway Line 1 and get off at either one of the following stations:
 * Hoeryong (#111 and U111)
 * Uijeongbu (#110)
 * Ganeung (#109)
 * Nogyang (#108)

By airport bus
From Incheon International Airport



By light rail
There is a small light rail line that is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network. It is connected to the rest of the system at Hoeryong.

By taxi
You can easily find a taxi around the city. Especially, there is the taxi stand in front of the Uijeongbu subway station. The basic price is ₩1,900 and after that the price go up by ₩100/39s or ₩100/164m. You can use cash or credit card as your payment. If you need to call a taxi then you can call one of these numbers:
 * 82-31-852-8556
 * 82-31-878-8511
 * 82-31-875-8552
 * 82-31-840-8511

Eat
Budae jjigae is the spicy stew made with Spam, sausages, ramen noodles and kimchi. It can also be called the army's stew because people first started to eat this after the Korean War, when the impoverished Koreans put this dish together using scraps from the U.S. military such as spam and sausages. Since the city contains many army camps, budae jjigae became a famous food that represents the city.

Galbi is the grilled marinated beef ribs. It is well known food internationally. Galbi is not hard to find any Korean style restaurant all over the world. In Uijeongbu, there is several different places that are famous for Galbi. Galbi is considered as the special food for special day. It costs are usually higher than other foods but it is worth to try.