English fans seek Seoul mates.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: May 20, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Ross Smith

People from the North-East are being offered the chance to live and work in a new English village ... in South Korea.

The theme park-style village is being built in Gyeonggi Province to help its citizens learn how to speak English.

And because the area has a partnership arrangement with the North-East, Jin Won Che, [ok] deputy director of the international affairs and trade division of Gyeonggi Provincial Government, travelled ...

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