Daejeon
Daejon is a metropolitan city in the center of South Korea. It is the fifth largest city of South Korea, with a population of 1,442,856 at the end of 2005. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu highway, and Honam highway. Within the city limits lies Daedeok Science Town, an area with more than 200 research institutions.
The Daejeon area was historically known as Hanbat, a native Korean term for "large field", during the Joseon Dynasty. The term "Daejeon" simply means the same thing in Hanja. Daejeon was a small village without many residents.