Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of South Korea, in the northwest part of the country east of Incheon. Historically the capital of all of Korea, it became South Korea's capital after the partitioning of the peninsula in 1948 and was twice occupied by Communist forces during the Korean War.
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- proper noun The
capital city ofSouth Korea .
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- noun the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
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Examples
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Have Sidetracked Government SEOUL -- An estimated 50,000 people marched in Seoul Saturday, continuing a two-month-long antigovernment campaign that has battered South Korea's new president.
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SEOUL, May 16 Reuters – South Korean police said on Friday they had found four dead bodies at a compound run by a religious sect north of the capital Seoul, possibly murdered as part of a reincarnation ritual.
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Residency-General in Seoul, the _Seoul Press_, made the best excuse it could.
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SEOUL: Seoul on Sunday rejected Pyongyang's demand that South Korean officials come to a North Korean resort where the North is about to freeze South Korean assets, worsening bilateral ties.
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SEOUL: Seoul on Sunday rejected Pyongyang's demand that South Korean officials come to a North Korean resort where the North is about to freeze South Korean assets, worsening bilateral ties.
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(SEOUL, South Korea) - North Korea has informed Seoul that it may discharge dam water into
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SEOUL, June 11 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened 1.4 percent higher on Friday after firm rises on Wall Street, with stronger than expected U.S. job data boosting sentiment and prompting buying by foreign investors.
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SEOUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may trade in a tight range on Tuesday after losses on Wall Street amid deepening worries about Eurozone debt, with Kumho Industrial followed as shares resume trading after a suspension.
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January 15th, 2010 SEOUL - North Korea Friday threatened to cut off all dialogue with South Korea following reports that Seoul had revised a contingency plan to deal with the potential collapse of Pyongyang's Stalinist regime.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Hyung-jin Kim 2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 7: 47 p.m. SEOUL, South Korea - Authorities arrested two North Koreans for allegedly posing as defectors to South Korea and plotting to assassinate the top-ranked North Korean official ever to defect to Seoul, officials said Wednesday.
Fore, right! HYUNG-JIN KIM 2010
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