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**I took out the 'playing a special role as the greatest metropolis to ever rise from the ashes of a former colony and a war-torn nation', since many cities could lay claim to that title, including Mexico City and New York. I also toned down the 'beacon of the East Asian economy' part a bit. Not sure what to do about the 'global city' appelation, since I don't know what the standard definition of a 'global city' is. [[User:Zonath|Zonath]] 16:16, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
**It seems that this article contained exaggerations before. However, above comments by an anonymous contributer is excessively deprecating and emotional and thus contain personal POV in itself. Any effort to improve articles must be appreciated, but such emotional and very offending comments as "poorest selection of foreign restaurants," "resembles government propaganda," "blatant exaggeration," and "do not listen to Korea Information Service as they are very unlikely to be well versed or to have consulted historians or texts on this matter" are unacceptable.
I feel I have to say something about the restaurant matter especially. I believe there is no standard format for "evaluating" restaurants. However, one can have a fairly good idea of the quality of a restaurant by looking at the amount of investments and care put into the restaurant. Koreans love food; you can almost see restaurants in almost every commercial building in Seoul and other urban areas. Traditional Korean food is loved the most, but foreign food is well loved, too. American, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, and Mongolian (Shabu-Shabu) are most popular. (Sorry if I forgot to mention others!) Many restaurants make efforts to keep authentic taste; they invite master chefs from mainland countries to teach Korean chefs and cook in Korean restaurants temporarily. Recently in Seoul, I ate sushi made by a Japanese master with thirty years of experience. Many regional, small Chinese restaurants have "fast-food" version of Chinese food; however, it is not very difficult to find authentic Chinese food restaurant. Certainly, there is a good variety of quality food in Seoul.
It is true that Seoul does not have "tall" buildings as many as it should have considering the fact that much of South Korea's economical, governmental activities are based in Seoul. However, that is simply because the government is strongly discouraging construction of tall buildings due to the presence of US army in Seoul. It has been predicted that US army will evacuate from Seoul soon, and the city is said to have planned to make a grand park in the place, rivaling Central Park in size. In addition, the mayor has promised to contruct an opera house.
To the anonymous writer, I very appreciate your efforts to provide correct information. I agree that Seoul is not clean and Seoul does not have "amazing skyline." But please be careful in choosing vocabulary because your comments can influence people's view on Seoul greatly. Let's not be emotional; all we need is the drive to tell the truth to people, which you very well seem to have. --Hychu
==Meaning of 漢==
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