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Seorae Village ( Korean : 서래마을 ), sometimes nicknamed "Montmartre", due to its hilltop location, or sometimes "French Village", is a small, affluent French ethnic enclave in Banpo-dong & Bangbae-dong, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2] It is home to about 560 French people, roughly 40% of the French community in South Korea.
Seoul is the business and financial hub of South Korea. Although it accounts for only 0.6 percent of the nation's land area, 48.3 percent of South Korea's bank deposits were held in Seoul in 2003, [96] and the city generated 23 percent of the country's GDP overall in 2012. [97] In 2008 the Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index ranked Seoul No.9. [98]
Seoul Capital Area. The Seoul Metropolitan Area ( Sudogwon; Korean : 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region ( 경기 지방 ), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-west South Korea. Its population of 26 million (as of 2024) [1] is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world.
South Korea hosted the G-20 Summit in Seoul in November 2010, a year that saw South Korea and the European Union conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) to reduce trade barriers. South Korea went on to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Australia in 2014, and another with New Zealand in 2015. South Korea and Britain have agreed to extend ...
Sŏul toshim, Sŏul shinae. Downtown Seoul ( Korean : 서울 도심, 서울 도심부, 서울 시내 ), also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro.
The 2018 Winter Olympics (Korean: 2018년 동계 올림픽, romanized: Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XXIII es Jeux olympiques d'hiver; [B] Korean: 제23회 동계 올림픽, romanized: Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (Korean: 평창2018, romanized: Pyeongchang Icheon sip-pal), were an ...
The Yellow Sea lies to the west, the East China Sea and Korea Strait to the south, and the Sea of Japan to the east. [1] Notable islands include Jeju Island (Jejudo), Ulleung Island (Ulleungdo), and the Liancourt Rocks. At 223,179 km 2, the area of Korea is similar to the area of the United Kingdom (244,100 km 2) or the U.S. state of Minnesota ...
Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities. "Specific city" ( 특정시, 特定市) is an unofficial term for big city with municipal status. [citation needed] Due its legal status as an administrative city, Jeju City cannot be designated as a "big city" under the Local Autonomy Law, despite having an estimated population exceeding ...