Seoul, South Korea Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The beginnings of this fast-growing and increasingly important world-class city are difficult to pinpoint, but archaeological evidence indicates human settlement in the area during the prehistoric age, some 6,000 years ago. Artifacts found here reveal an agricultural people, who used stone tools for farming in the fertile Han River Basin. Seoul—which comes from the Korean word meaning "capital"—was not always referred to by its current name. During the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BCE to 668 CE) of Paekche, Koguryo and Shilla, the territory was first known by the name Wirye-Song . It … more »