the city of the 21st ceuntry is still a baby. when i look at the entire songdoevelopment, the project i'm working on is only one fifth. and that part alone is alone one third complete. so you can imagine, it's just the very beginning of the city. it's not anywhere close to complete. >> south korea is an economic powerhouse in the region. songdo city is being built from the ground up -- on a six square kilometer patch of land reclaimed from the yellow sea. the city will cost around 40 billion us dollars, and it's expected to be completed by 2020. living and office space for 250,000 people is under construction -- along with ultra-modern infrastructure. right now, the buildings that will house international universities are going up. the apartment buildings are nearly finished. at 200 meters high, they're the tallest in the country. this promotional video shows what songdo is set to look like when it's completed: a futuristic, model city that revolutionizes the concept of urban life. the infrastructure will be based on green technology, and a massive computer netw