Talk:Jeju Province/Archive 1

South Jeolla
Jeju-do was formerly part of and lies offshore from South Jeolla, not North Jeolla. :)  --Sewing 15:43, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)


 * See, that's why we all work together... :-) Kokiri 19:07, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Two photos of the same waterfall - more variety please.
Is it necessary to have two photos of the same waterfall in this article? I suspect not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 (talk) 07:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

cheju massacre
The section relating to the period between Japanese occupation and integration into the Korean state contains contradictory information and is also missing key dates. --Kmorrow 08:58, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) It has been fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.185.38.84 (talk) 14:53, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Power grid
It would be nice to have some actual information about electric power on Jeju to flesh this section out. That one factoid about the HVDC cable is rather isolated. Are there any generating stations on the island? When was it electrified? Hmm... -- Visviva 16:35, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

According to, there are four thermal power plants (380 MW, total) in Jeju. And the submarine cable to the mainland can supply 150 MW. -- ChongDae 00:40, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Pronounciation
"In fact, the correct pronunciation is "che-ju", but Koreans hearing a foreigner say "je-ju" will recognize the name." - This statement is inaccurate, and it implies that the name is correctly pronounced with a strong aspirated Ch sound, which it does not (I just consulted a native Korean). Niether romanization provides an English speaker with a perfect rendition of accurate Korean pronounciation; the true pronounciation is a consonant somewhere between a voiceless J and Ch.


 * Jeju-do is not pronounced "che-ju." Where did you get that?

제주도 not 체주도


 * The first writer is essentially correct - show an English speaker "jeju" and "che-ju" and see which comes closer to correct. I would go a step further even and say it should be "che-joo" just to make sure. All the Romanization systems take no account of the way English speakers will pronounce the word, and hence are rife with pitfalls. And your argument that "제" statrs with an English "j" is not correct - there is no English "j" in Korean, not even the ssang-tchiot. --Dan 21:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Age of the island.
It is doubtful that this island was formed by volcanic activity "hundreds of millions of years ago" as stated in the text. If this were the case, it would have been eroded down to sea level long ago. The fact that the main volcano is still quite high, supports a more recent volcanic history.

Someone familiar with the geology of this area might be able to give a better description of this island's formation.

Larry E. Matthews, Professional Geologist
 * Good catch. I checked http://www.chejuinfo.net/intro/k_his.html and it says that it was formed around 2 million years back, from the Tertiary to the Quaternary Period. Mithridates 15:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Society and culture
Where is Udo and Mara? Keep me intouch.68.148.165.213 04:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Nothing noted about unique Jeju onggi and the unique basalt kilns. These should be included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.229.64 (talk) 17:14, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Nothing about Chejoo Horses?
They have a fascinating history, and are a very old variety. I heard that the horses are Mongol ponies, put on Chejoo-Do by the Mongols when they ruled Korea. --Dan 21:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Autonomy
Why was Jeju given this special status? Nik42 03:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

A) Korean govenment wants Jeju to be a kind of 'self-governed region' - own taxing, own safety, own plan.... except diplomacy or national defense. And Korea has 7 Metropolitan city including Seoul, so Jeju is on the stage of 'metropolitan island(?)'now. But general Koreans recognize there just as 'Jeju' itself.


 * But that doesn't explain why Jeju was given that status. Nik42 08:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

BIG MISTAKE!!!! KOREAN GOVERNMENT WANTED TO MAKE JEJU ISLAND AS " SPECIAL BUSINESS AREA INCLUDING TOURISM". NOT INDEPENDENT OR SELF GOVERNING PROVINCE. JEJU ISLAND IS GOVERNED BY " CHOLLA NAMDO" PROVINCE. PLEASE CORRECT MISINFORMED INFORMATON PLEASE. PLEASE REMEMBER JEJUDO IS A PROVINCE PART OF KOREA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreaJeju1 (talk • contribs) 09:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ridiculous, Jeju-do is not include in Jeollanam-do.Realidad y Illusion (talk) 07:59, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Sino-Korean meaning of 道
Concerning this statement below:
 * In Korean, do is the phonetic trancription of two distinct hanja (Chinese characters) meaning "island" (島) and "province" (道).

To the best of my knowledge, 道 just means "road" or "path". Can it take on the meaning of "province" when used in Sino-Korean? Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 21:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The Korean usage of 道 (do) for province, is described in Provinces of Korea. This usage derives from ancient Chinese usage of 道 (dào) during Tang Dynasty.  See Circuit (country subdivision).--Endroit 22:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * In Japanese also, that means "territory". Hokkaido (北海道) which although part of Japan proper, is still seen as a sort of territory of sorts.  In contrast, all other subdivisions in Honsyu, Kyusyu, and Shikoku are classified as Ken or 県.Bethereds 01:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Not all, there's also three fu and one to. The -dō suffix originally referred to regions of Japan, of which there were seven.  When Ezo, as it was known then, was settled, it was made the eighth dō. Nik42 05:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * In (South) Korea, there are eight province, '道'. Just use as administrative district.
 * In Korea, Do means various. But major means are 'Path(Road)' and 'Province'.Realidad y Illusion (talk) 08:01, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Jeju banana
Is there such a thing as a Jeju banana? A Korean friend said she had heard of this, but that very few Koreans have ever tried it. Badagnani (talk) 23:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes there are banana farm located in Jeju. I think they are too expensive and regarded as highest quality banana in Korea.--Korsentry 02:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSentry (talk • contribs)

Contradict (Power origin)
The section seems to suggest that most of the energy needs to come from the peninsula, but is also mostly generated on the island... It would be useful if it could be determined which is the case. 76.117.247.55 (talk) 23:37, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Map Misleading
The map doesn't show the geographic location. Vagary (talk) 17:42, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Can we add another image for map? Showing the island in preset window makes no sense. I can show a map of England and show Jeju island in a small preset window within that image -- that would be as useful as the current image. Someone please upload a new map (I would have done it if I had a copyright-free image). Thanks 114.202.17.172 (talk) 09:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

architecture is  somethink what every one like  but  this  think cost  every line  of architecture  ypu  must  pay  say face  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.163.116.154 (talk) 17:44, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Myth & Legend
Could anybody fix the Myth & Legend part of the article?222.121.87.87 (talk) 08:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, to whoever fixed this problem.222.121.87.111 (talk) 12:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

History
This entire section is a direct copy and paste from http://english.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=030101141.212.158.188 (talk) 03:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Area rank?
The data box says, "Area	1,845.5 km²(9th) Population (2009) - Population	565,000 (9th)"

What does "9th" mean? It is not 9th in the world in area, nor is it 9th in Korea. Is it the ninth most populous province in ROK? Kdammers (talk) 10:20, 30 July 2010 (UTC)