Korea Poly School Pohang - Yes or No?

There has recently been an alternate opinion written of the Poly School in the comments of the previous post, allegedly by the director of the school himself, allegedly named "James Bond".

It was more likely written by his son, Woonki Jeon, whose current studies at the University of Pennsylvania have been sponsored by the naive Korean parents and the even more naive English teachers at the Poly School.

The most deplorable fact about those remarks is that they are written in perfect English while the real director of the school doesn't know a word of English, something that all the misfortunate ex-teachers there would be able to confirm.

For anyone having any doubt about whether to go to Pohang (or another rural place in South Korea outside of Seoul, Daegu or Busan), we have developed an informative chart that will help you make your final decision.

How Big of a Problem is Pohang's Pollution?

Recently, a person compared Pohang to any other heavily industrial city: Pittsburgh (the U.S.) or Hamilton (Canada).

However, these other cities don't even come close to the reality of Pohang. Just look at the satellite image below. What you see is the second largest steel factory in the world.
It's so huge that it takes up a quarter of the city. And that Mordor glow with smoke that you see on so many night-time pictures? Yes, it's all real.

For more images, take a look at Flickr here, here and here.

Of course, the steel factory is only one of many sources of pollution: there are frequent winds from over-polluted China with smoke and sand that cause breathing issues, there is constant illegal waste burning by the population... you pick your poison.