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Seoul became the official name of the South Korean capital after its liberation from Japan after the Second World War. Historically, the city of what is now Seoul has been called in various names, including Wiryeseong, Bukhansangun, Hanyang, Namgyeong, Hanyangbu, and Hanseong.
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Seoul. Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special City, [c] is the...
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Seoul. Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon Metropolitan City, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York, and hosts ...
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The modern office of mayor succeeds the historic offices of Hansong-bu P'anyun (Lord Mayor of Seoul).
Mayors of Gyeongseong
Right after independence from Japan, Seoul was temporarily still called Gyeongseong (the Korean reading for Japanese name keijo) and was a part of Gyeonggi Provincebefore being separated from the province and being designated as a Special City.
Directly elected mayors
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the mayor of Seoul is elected by direct election.
3 days ago · Seoul is the cultural, economic, and political center of South Korea. Except for a brief interregnum (1399–1405), Seoul was the capital of Korea from 1394 until the formal division of the country in 1948. The name itself has come to mean “capital” in the Korean language.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, has been called by a number of formal and informal names over time. The word seoul was originally a common noun that simply m...
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3 days ago · The contemporary city. A year after Japan ’s annexation of Korea in 1910, the name of the Seoul area was changed to Gyeongseong, and minor changes were made in its boundaries. Seoul served as the center of Japanese rule, and modern technology was imported.
