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to the world's fourth largest
urban agglomeration economy
with a
GDP
of
US$703 billion
at
purchasing power parity
in 2010 after
Tokyo,
New York City
and
Los
Angeles. Seoul hosts the world's sixth largest number of
Fortune Global 500
multinationals such as
Samsung,
LG
and
Hyundai-Kia.
Forbes lists Seoul as the world's sixth most
economically powerful city
and it
is ranked sixth in the
2012
Global Financial Centres Index, surpassing Tokyo by rising three places from
2011. The metropolis is involved in many global affairs, exerting a major influence
as the host of the fifth most global conferences worldwide.
Seoul has much technologically advanced
