Seoul (kor)

Seoul

Seoul ranks 19th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stockholm, Buenos Aires, and Prague. Memorable people born in Seoul include Sejong the Great, Yoon Suk Yeol, and Yi Sun-sin. Memorable people who died in Seoul include Sejong the Great, Kim Dae-jung, and Lee Byung-chul. Seoul has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and actors. Seoul is located in South Korea.

Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is both the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the South Korean government. Read more on Wikipedia