Seoul

American  

[sohl, sool, sey-ool, syœ-ool] / soʊl, sul, ˈseɪ ʊl, ˈsjœ ʊl /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.

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Seoul British  

/ səʊl /

noun

1. the capital of South Korea, in the west on the Han River: capital of Korea from 1392 to 1910, then seat of the Japanese administration until 1945; became capital of South Korea in 1948; cultural and educational centre. Pop: 9 592 000 (2005 est)

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Seoul Cultural  

1. Capital of South Korea and the largest city in the country, located in northwestern South Korea; Political, commercial, industrial, transportation, and cultural center of South Korea.

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The city was heavily damaged during the Korean War.

Seoul became the capital in 1948, with the establishment of North Korea and South Korea.

Home of the 1988 summer Olympic Games.

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At one stage in Seoul on Wednesday, the stock was down 19% before recovering sharply in the last hour of trading.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Seoul, which has led the rout in recent weeks, rose one percent with chip giants SK hynix and Samsung enjoying some much-needed buying interest.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Together, Naver, Nvidia and Brookfield are building sovereign AI infrastructure at the scale needed to fuel Korea’s startups and industries,” Huang said in a joint statement released by Naver on Saturday, Seoul time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Driving through the narrow streets of Incheon city, west of the capital Seoul, he explains that he works from 21:00 to 07:00, five to six days a week.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

He worried out loud that he might have to join the homeless at the central train station in Seoul.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden