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Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, [8] emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population.
Statistics show that in 2019 “workers aged between 30 to 39 years old worked 158.9 hours per month on average in South Korea. In 2020, a new policy was introduced in South Korea that limited the weekly working hours to 52 hours per week” (Yoon 2020). [10] Statistics also show the steady decline of monthly work hours for each of the age ...
The number of Korean domestic tourists has increased since 2010. The number of people who participated in domestic travel (which includes one-day trips) was about 238.3 million (in 2015), increased by 4.9% compared to 2014 (227.1 million). [9]
The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five gu (districts; Korean: 구; Hanja: 區) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km 2 ) and population (from less than 140,000 to 630,000).
It is open year-round, and admission is free. Seoul Forest opened in June 2005. The city government spent 235.2 billion won in development. [1] It is the third largest park in Seoul. [2] Seoul Forest is a massive park dotted with over 420,000 trees and 100 different animals. [3]
Seoul, the capital and largest city in South Korea, accounts for only 0.6% of the country's total land area, yet it is home to around 19% of the population. [1] The population density in Seoul demands a great deal of the city's transportation systems, which are regarded by many as among the best and most advanced in the world. [2]
In 1964, the headquarters of Gyeonggi Province began a process of relocation from Seoul to Suwon. [39] [18] Seoul had left the province in 1949. [40] When the construction of the headquarters was completed on 23 June 1967, the date was set as a new annual holiday: Suwon Citizen's Day (수원시민의 날).
While operating hours may vary depending on the line and station in question, the Seoul Metropolitan Subway generally operates every day from 5.30 a.m. until midnight, [20] with some lines operated by Seoul Metro ending services around 1 a.m. on weekdays. [21] System map of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, showing current lines