Seoul (/soʊl/, like soul; Korean: 서울 [sʌ.ul] (About this sound listen); lit. ”Capital”), officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital[10] and largest metropolis of South Korea.[1] With surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, Seoul forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, home to roughly half of the country’s population. [11][12] Seoul is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world and is larger than London and Paris