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Contrast is the heart of Seoul
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SEOUL, South Korea This is a country working to retain the old and
bring in the new. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Seoul, its
capital city.
Ancient palaces hang tough alongside shining office towers and miles
of new apartment complexes. Turn the corner by a Western-style hotel
and you'll find a majestic shrine. Frantic, noisy traffic circles
spin around elegant gates from a long-ago era.
It is strange, it is unnerving, it is Seoul.
Seoul now could be considered a shopper's paradise. Ever...
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; SEOUL, South Korea This is a country working to retain the old and bring in the new. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Seoul, its capital city. Ancient palaces hang tough alongside shining office towers and miles of new apartment complexes. Turn the corner by a Western-style hotel and you'll
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The Seoul of a Shopper; The South Korean Capital Is the Far East's New City of Choice for Best Buys...
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Seoul; Chaos and Clamor Meet Tradition and Tranquility As This City of 10 Million Prepares for the Olympics
The Washington Post
; In Seoul, I had a favorite ritual. In the early morning, I would jog to the top of Namsan, the hill in the city center that has been preserved as a wooded park. Along the winding road, I would pass old men playing badminton, children peddling hard on new bicycles, squads of sweating soldiers
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Housing Hopscotch In Modern Seoul; Building for a People on the Move Series Number: 2/2
The Washington Post
; "This is where every Korean housewife would like to live," said architect Kim Won, an affable, knowledgeable guide. We were walking on a curving road in Songbuk-dong, a neighborhood in Seoul's northern hills, having disembarked momentarily from a car to take advantage of the spectacular view-the
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In a Seoul Suburb, Gloom Middle-Class Bastion Blames IMF for Troubles
International Herald Tribune
; ... property is not selling. Mrs. Ahn can think of no reason why the news of the IMF package of $60 billion in funds for debt-ridden South ... suffers equally. The fast depreciation of the won is hardly bad news to the few foreigners who have settled out here for the commute ...
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Seoul's mayor shows his green streakCities and their mayors: Seoul
International Herald Tribune
; Choe Sang-Hun International Herald Tribune 07-25-2005 Cities and their mayorsEleventh in a series* When monsoon rains pounded Seoul in late June, carp swam up a stream cutting through skyscrapers and shopping towers in the city center, their scales glinting in the sun. Television crews rushed to
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Heart and Seoul.(Tourism)
Manila Bulletin
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Candidate touts decentralization; Foe: Keep government in Seoul.(WORLD)
The Washington Times
; Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SEOUL - Ruling party candidate Roh Moo-hyun has created a ruckus with a proposal to move the presidential Blue House, the National Assembly and many of the government's administrative functions from Seoul to the downtrodden central province of
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First-Day Tickets Sky-High; Scalper's Dream in Seoul, but Many Events Accessible
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; ... reports from other dailies. That is bad news for tourists coming to Seoul without opening-day tickets, but good news for lucky owners of the prize items. "I' ... mob scene, and that may actually be good news for the Olympic organizers. "They know ...
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