Suncheon named one of the ten most livable cites in Korea.

This news came out in September, but since I get all my Jeollanam-do news via the super-awesome Suncheon government website, I just learned about it today. It was named to the list for the second time in a row, and came in a respectable fourth place behind Gangnam, Haeundae, and Changwon. The official site for Suncheon has the hook-up in, um, English (number 38):

The only in the Honam region as a result of Gangnam in Seoul, Haeundae in Pusan, and Changwon in Gyeongnam

The Suncheon City was honored to be selected for 2 years after "Ten Beautiful City to Live" in the price of regional autonomy of Korea in 2008.

The city is ranked among the top 10 in the 4th prize of regional autonomy of Korea elected by the satisfaction survey for 229 communities of regional autonomy in the nation, and organized by the Forum of the Korean press on the service to the population, public health, transport, environment, culture and so on.

According to the city, it is shown that the city was selected as the 4th best city to live in response to Gangnam in Seoul, Haeundae in Pusan, and Changwon in Gyeongnam.

This is the result of having various exercised strategies to build a city where human beings and nature blend perfectly, and cultivating a green environment pleasant for improving quality of life.

In addition, as the best city to study life in the nation, the city won the grand prize in the category of education receiving a high evaluation of efforts such as managing the Korean writing class, the extension of small libraries, management of the education program at all levels, and the construction of institutions of culture and education for the people so.

A quick blurb in Korean here. I can't find the rest of the list. Who the hell writes a news story about the top ten cities but doesn't bother to list them all? Various blogs and cafe posts have rounded out the list, but not in order from the looks of things. Other communities that got listed are Songpa-gu and Seocho-gu in Seoul, Goyang and Seongnam in Gyeonggi-do, Chuncheon in Gangwon-do, and Cheongju in Chungcheongbuk-do.

That's kind of a weird list, including Songpa, Seocho, and Gangnam separately, but including all of Seongnam rather than just Bundang, and leaving Dokdo off entirely. These types of rankings are always screwy anyway: last year Seoul, Yeochun, and Ulsan made it on a list of most livable cities, in at 87, 110, and 113 respectively. I'll tell you what, Yeochun must be a really awesome place. So awesome, in fact, that it can place in a contest under a fake name. Yeochun, spelled Yeocheon since 2000, was once an independent city but has been a part of Yeosu since 1998. Way to do your homework guys. And why the hell are you putting Yeocheon on this list anyway?

Busan is awesome, and as much as I love Suncheon I'd much rather title this blog Brian in Haeundae-gu.