Last year, just over 1, 500 arrived in South Korea, according to the government in Seoul.
The Yonhap news agency provided the same information, citing a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul.
Goldman Sachs, an American investment bank, has more women than men in its office in Seoul.
Automakers and heavyweight tech companies advanced in Seoul, with the yen's rebound providing relief.
About 60 registered SAT prep centers operate in Seoul alone, according to the metropolitan education office.
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Now of course the G-20 in Seoul is sure to be a glorified photo-op.
We were speaking in Seoul shortly after the Kaesong industrial park had been shut down.
Singapore Changi Airport took the No. 1 spot, followed by Incheon International Airport in Seoul.
It was 1987 and South Korea was preparing to host the Olympic Games in Seoul.
In Seoul, the Kospi index settled 0.66 percent higher to close at 1912.
While the rhetoric coming out of the meetings in Seoul sounds positive, nothing concrete was agreed.
Moreover, in Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo, leadership transitions have occurred only in recent months.
Associated Press writers Matthew Pennington in Washington and Youkyung Lee in Seoul contributed to this report.
The dollar hit an intraday high of KRW1, 110.70 compared to KRW1, 097.40 late Wednesday in Seoul.
But the Kirchners will be dining with the big boys in Seoul, regardless.
Samsung Electronics gained 0.7% in Seoul and South Korea's Kospi Composite which advanced 0.5% to 2020.74.
We welcomed the successful second Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul in March 2012.
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"Overall its earnings momentum remains intact, " said Lee Se-chul, from Meritz Securities in Seoul.
The family also thanked the medical team at Asan Medical Centre in Seoul, for their assistance.
Gains in Seoul were muted after data showed fourth-quarter gross domestic product fell short of forecasts.
Associated Press writers Hyung-Jin Kim in Seoul and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.
Elizabeth Kerr, film critic and curator formerly based in Seoul, South Korea, agrees with Youngs' assessment.
Shares in Samsung fell 7% in Seoul trading, their biggest one-day fall in almost four years.
Leading gainers in Seoul included heavyweight Samsung Electronics, which rose 2.1%, and LG Display, which added 1.8%.
These dialogues have been held over the past five years in Seoul, Rabat, Hiroshima, Paris, and Bangkok.
Kim, 45, was born in Seoul South Korea and moved to the U.S. when he was a boy.
Hannah was born in Seoul with a rare condition called tracheal agenesis, or the lack of a trachea.
The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul says Yongbyon has provided the North with successful leverage in the past.
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Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed to this report.
In Seoul you can watch a soccer match on the Internet and catch every bead of goalie sweat.
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