Yeoju

Yeoju is a town in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Yeoju turned into a county but became raised to the popularity of a town in September 2013. Together with the neighboring town of Icheon, it is known as a chief center of current South Korean ceramics, and hosts the World Ceramic Exposition every yr. Other local merchandise of observe encompass rice, candy potatoes, and yellow melons. Yeoju is the birthplace of Korea's closing queen, Empress Myeongseong. Yeoju's institution of better learning includes Yeoju Institute of Technology. The Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway passes via the city.

There had been human settlements in the Yeoju place because Paleolithic instances. At the Heunam-ri archaeological site, simply southeast of the city proper, fragments of herringbone patterned earthenware pottery, axe heads, and other artifacts had been determined. Further excavations from research teams and unintentional findings from creation within the area have endured to expose the continued human presence through the Neolithic generation up to the beginnings of recorded records.