The 2009 Championships took place between January 9 and 10, 2009 in Goyang.
In 1914, most of outer old Seoul, excepting small neighbourhoods of Changsin and Sungin, some eastern part of Mapo and the west of Yongsan, was annexed into Goyang county by the Japanese colonial government as a political colonial scheme to minimise colonial Seoul or then Gyeongseong-bu (경성부).
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This means it did belong to neither of the two surrounding counties around old Seoul - Goyang and Yangju.
Seoul Subway Line 3 (dubbed The Orange Line) of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a subway which connects Goyang, northwestern Seoul to the city center, Gangnam, and southeastern Seoul.
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In March 1996, the Ilsan Line (Daehwa - Jichuk), which is considered the third extension to the north was opened, and connected the city of Goyang with Seoul.
11th Cat (열한번째 고양이 Yeolhanbeonjjae Goyang'i) is a fictional fantasy/romance Korean manhwa written by Kim Mi-kyung.
Transnational Law and Business University (TLBU) is a post-graduate university located in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (20 km from Seoul), with a branch in Orry-la-Ville near Paris and a branch in construction in Maryland, USA.