A flavor of France in the heart of Korea’s capital
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A flavor of France in the heart of Korea’s capitalA flavor of France in the heart of Korea’s capitalAs soon as the clock ticked 5 oneTextile fabricafternoon#x last week, when the sky was clear blue, students ran out of the main entrance of the French School of Seoul on Seorae Street, in Banpo-dong, southern Seoul. Shouting in French to their waiting parents, the kids were finishing up their first day at school.The school is located in Seorae Village, often called the Montmartre of Seoul because of its strong Gallic flavor. According to the Seorae Global Village Center, 36 percent of the 1,137 French people in Seoul were living in this area as of July.The number was even higher in the past when an army of French business executives helped open branches of the French retail discount store Carrefour and set up the KTX high-speed trains, built using French TGV technology.At present, the majority of the French expats work inTextile fabricbanking, insurance, restaurants and education, according to the French Embassy. Seorae is now a hub for new residents,Buy in Global, helping them adjust to life in Korea.“The French expatriates appreciate the effort that has been done by the head of the Seorae area to make them feel at home far away from France,” said Lydie Bertrand, press adviser at the French Embassy in Korea.Although she lives in Ulsan, with her husband, who works for KTX, she decided to send her son to the French school in Seoul. He’s in his last year of high school and she wanted him to have a French education.To be honest, apart from the crowds of French parents milling outside the school waiting to pick up their kids, Seorae Village doesn’t look particularly French. There is no Parisian-style. gothic architecture or public squares where passersby are presented with mime acts and buskers playing #xharmonicas. TerraceTextile fabriccafes are hard to find, and there are no designer boutiques.相关的主题文章：
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