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As South Korea's economic and urban growth have been continued, the development has been concentrated in Southern Seoul Metropolitan area. As a result, a demand for development has been growing in Northern Seoul Metropolitan area where the development has been relatively neglected. The purpose of this study is to find the necessity and desirable direction of Newtown Development in Northern Seoul Metropolitan Area, so this paper indicates 1) the balanced development in Seoul Metropolitan Area to solve the severe imbalance between Southern and Northern area, 2) solutions of housing problems, 3) the growth management, 4) a high-tech industrial complex development in Northern GyeongGi- Do area, and 5) a developing key position city for Inter-Korean cooperation programs in terms of the future growth potentialities in Northern Seoul Metropolitan area. In addition, this study also suggests three different kinds of urban development which can help newtown in Northern Seoul Metropolitan Area to be a distinctive and competitive city in the future. First of all, we need to develop an attractive city through reflecting consumer preferences, for example, the insurance of an accessibility to relieve the concentration phenomenon in Seoul area, building the excellent educational and residential environment, and the waterfront development. Secondly, the newtown development needs to be linked with neighbor cities to build a key position having the sufficient population (over one million people) to be the driving force of urban growth in Northern Seoul Metropolitan Area. Finally, including Hallyu-wood which is a project to make a Korean cultural tourism cluster in GyeongGi-Do, culture-oriented urban development linked with the accumulated infrastructures of cultural production in Northern Seoul Metropolitan Area is suggested.