Yeoju
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Yeoju is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. Thegither wi the neebourin ceety o Icheon, it is kent as a major centre o contemporary Sooth Korean ceramics, hosts the Warld Ceramic Exposition ivery year. Ither local products o note include rice, sweet potatoes, an yellae melons. Yeoju is the birthplace o Korea's last queen, Empress Myeongseong.[1]
Yeoju's institution o heicher learnin includes Yeojoo Institute o Technologie. The Jungbu Naeryuk Expresswey passes throu the coonty.
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Legacy frae the past
In the coonty are locatit:
- The tomb o the naition's maist important king, Sejong the Great. This tomb wis muivit tae Yeoju frae Seoul in 1469.[2]
- The temple ruins o Godalsaji (c. 764)
- The Moka Buddhist museum
- The waws o Pasaseong fortress
- Silleuksa, the Korea's lane riverside temple
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