Yongin

Yongin is a major city in the Seoul National Capital Area, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of nearly 1 million, the city has developed abruptly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the country. Yongin is home to Everland and Caribbean Bay, South Korea's most popular amusement and water parks. The city is also home to the Korean Folk Village, the largest of its kind.

Yongin is a city almost as large as Seoul by area, consisting of the highly urbanized district of Suji-gu, the semi-urbanized district of Giheung-gu and the rural district of Cheoin-gu. Yongin's urbanized districts are located close to the capital and many commute to and from downtown Seoul in approximately 30-40 minutes by cars using the Gyeongbu Expressway or Yongin-Seoul Expressway, and the Bundang Line subway, the DX Line subway or metropolitan buses. A new subway called the DX Line with a maximum speed of 110km/h opened on October 2011, which allowed Yongin residents to travel even faster to downtown Seoul. The existing Bundang Line extended further south to Giheung Station on December 2011, and will later connect to the EverLine Rapid Transit System that extends all the way to Everland.

Yongin has many university campuses, namely Yong-In University, noted for its sports courses, Myongji University's Yongin Campus, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies' Yongin Campus, the Police University, Kangnam University (named for its former campus in Gangnam-gu in Seoul), Yong-in Songdam College, and Dankook University. The Gyeonggi Suwon International School, an IB World School with a boarding program for foreign students, is situated on the border of Yongin and Suwon.