Other examples in Asia include Seoul Metropolitan Subway which has suburban lines operated by Korail in South Korea, KTM Komuter in Malaysia, The Philippine National Railways orange line in Metro Manila, Philippines and, KRL Jabotabek in Jakarta Metropolitan area, Indonesia.

Subway system was built in Seoul, highway network was expanded by 487 km and major port projects were started in Pohang, Ulsan, Masan, Incheon and Busan.

Nuriro-ho serves commuters around Seoul Metropolitan Area, providing shorter travel time than Seoul Subway.

* In Seoul, Korea, construction begins on Seoul Subway Line 2.

The Incheon International Airport Railroad connects Incheon International Airport to Gimpo International Airport and Seoul Subway Line 5 and Line 9 which opened 23 March 2007.

Korail and Neotrans operate S-Bahn-like commuter services ( in legal term, 광역철도 ) in the Seoul National Capital Area, which is linked to Seoul Subway inside Seoul.

In the 1990s, Seoul Subway Line 5 was extended to Gimpo.

Seoul Subway Line 9 also opened which links the airport to the Gangnam area.

The Metropolitan Subway, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world, which services 7 million passengers by the metropolitan system alone and well over 8 million trips daily by the greater system's sixteen lines consisted of the Seoul Metro, Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation & Korail commuter lines.

There are connections to the Incheon International Airport Railroad ( A ' REX ) at Seoul Station and Gimpo Airport, and a free transfer with the single-line Incheon Subway system at Bupyeong on Seoul Subway Line 1.

All directional signs in the Seoul Subway are written in both Korean and English.

Chungnam is the only province outside the Seoul National Capital Area to be served by Seoul Subway Line 1, with multi-million dollar projects such as New Asan City centered on the newly-built Cheonan-Asan Station, that connects Chungnam's largest city, Cheonan, to Seoul Station in less than 30 minutes via the KTX bullet train.

In addition to conventional long-distance passenger and freight services, Korail also operates the following commuter only lines connected to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway:

Seoul's subway system is the oldest system in the country, with the Seoul Station – Cheongnyangni section of Line 1 opening in 1974.

The division occupied the strategically important sector of front on the Jamestown Line, stretching from the Kimpo peninsula on the Yellow Sea coast to a point east of Kumhwa about, and just from the South Korean capital, Seoul.

* Seoul Metro ; 서울메트로 ( Line 2, underground section of Line 1, and large parts of Lines 3 & 4 ).

* Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation for Line 9

The Gyeongbu Line with its high-speed parallel line, running between the two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, is by far the most heavily travelled line.

Also, the following portions of the conventional lines listed below are linked with sections of Seoul Subway Line 1 and Jungang Line, and carry both subway and regular trains:

* Gyeongui Line ; 경의선 ( Seoul Station-Munsan ); 서울-문산 is part of the Gyeongui Line

The Gyeongui Line connected Seoul to Kaesong, Pyongyang, and Sinuiju on the Chinese border, while the Gyeongwon Line served Wonsan on the east coast.

In 1985 the largest cities were Seoul ( 9, 645, 932 inhabitants ), Busan ( 3, 516, 807 ), Daegu ( 2, 030, 672 ), Incheon ( 1, 387, 491 ), Gwangju ( 906, 129 ), and Daejeon ( 866, 695 ).

Factories in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province employed 48 percent of the nation's 2. 1 million factory workers.

Moon formally founded the church in Seoul on May 1, 1954, calling it " The Holy Spirit ( ual ) Association for the Unification of World Christianity.

KAL 007 had strayed over the Soviet Union on 1 September 1983 on its way from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seoul, South Korea.

After the Olympics, the Park was converted into racing facilities named Seoul Race Park and the first race was held on September 1, 1989.

The JAY Gallery in Seoul, Korea, sponsored the exhibition, " American Artistamps ," curated by John Held, Jr., from May 19-June 1, 2010.

According to Graham Allison, director of Harvard University ’ s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the objectives of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul are to continue to, “ assess the progress made since the Washington Summit and propose additional cooperation measures to ( 1 ) Combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, ( 2 ) protect nuclear materials and related facilities, and ( 3 ) prevent illicit trafficking in nuclear materials.

Kia Motors (, ), headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1. 4 million vehicles in 2010.

The offensive was continued northwards, past Seoul, and across the 38th Parallel on 1 October.

On 1 January 1951, 500, 000 Chinese troops attacked the Eighth Army's line at the Imjin River, forcing them back 50 miles and allowing the Chinese to capture Seoul.

Air France is considering whether they will commence A380 service from Atlanta once these sections of the taxiway and runway are completed, and Korean Air will begin daily service from Atlanta to Seoul on January 1, 2013.

: Stationed at: Itazuke Air Field, Japan, 1 March 1950 ; Pyongyang, North Korea, 1 December 1950 ; Seoul AB, South Korea, 9 December 1950 ; Itazuke AB, Japan, 10 December 1950 ; Kimpo AB, South Korea, 25 June 1951 ; Suwon AB, South Korea, 23 August 1951-10 October 1954

* VTRA, operator of line 9 of the Seoul Metro, Seoul, South Korea and line 1 of the Mumbai Metro, Mumbai, India

It was reported that a sculpture, Charity, had been sold for £ 1. 5m to a Korean, Kim Chang-Il, who intended to exhibit it in his department store's gallery in Seoul.

The service to Los Angeles was again reverted back to one-stop service at Seoul on 1 May 2012 leaving the airline with no nonstop service between Thailand and North America.

Seoul to Tokyo direct flights in particular, take only 1 / 3 the total travel time over their international counterparts ( from 4. 5 hrs to 1. 5 ), when ground transport is included.

In South Korea, Park Jung-soo was fined 2 million South Korean won by the Seoul Central District Court for spray-painting a rat on posters of the G-20 Summit a few days before the event in November 2011.

On August 2, 2004, Terra announced that it was selling Lycos to Seoul, South Korea-based Daum Communications Corporation for $ 95. 4 million in cash ($ million today ), less than 2 % of Terra's initial multi-billion dollar investment.

That year the Movement was constructing 70-storey twin skyscraper in Seoul at an estimated cost of $ 2 billion USD.

* September 17 – October 2 – The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea.

* 614 km < sup > 2 </ sup > -- Seoul Special City, South Korea

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

They reached Seoul in just nineteen days, on May 2, 1592, due to the military inefficiency of the Joseon army, especially at the Battle of Sangju and the failure to defend Joryeong Pass.

An average of 2, 177, 000 people use Korail's Seoul commuter lines daily.

Unlike his predecessor Kim Dae-jung who travelled to Pyongyang by plane, Roh travelled from Seoul to Pyongyang overland by car on October 2.

This provides a high speed link to Seoul, with a running time of just over 2 hours.

The line was a 9. 2 km spur line that terminated near the airport and connected to the Gyeongin Line ( Seoul Subway Line 1 ) at Bucheon Station.

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between Seoul and Gwangju, the time reduced from 3 hours 53 minutes to 2 hours 38 minutes.

Original plans foresaw the start of Jeolla KTX services in April 2011, reducing the Seoul – Yeosu travel time to 2 hours 55 minutes, using KTX-II ( KTX-Sancheon ) high-speed trains.

* Dong-no Kim, John B. Duncan, Do-hyung Kim ( 2006 ), Reform and Modernity in the Taehan Empire ( Yonsei Korean Studies Series No. 2 ), Seoul: Jimoondang Publishing Company

The 2003 tournament, which took place in Seoul again, saw an even bigger prize pool of $ 2, 000, 000 USD, and was the first World Cyber Games tournament to feature a console based competition, with the game Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox.

*** Seoul Metro operates Line 2, and parts of lines 1, 3, 4