Mr Obama and Mr Medvedev met during a nuclear summit in the South Korean capital Seoul.
Hong Jae Chul, president of the Seoul-based Christian Council of Korea, an alliance of conservative churches.
Last year, just over 1, 500 arrived in South Korea, according to the government in Seoul.
The Yonhap news agency provided the same information, citing a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul.
Seoul's air, once famously noxious, is much improved, but South Korea lags at conservation.
Seoul made a new offer of talks over the facility to Pyongyang on Thursday.
Goldman Sachs, an American investment bank, has more women than men in its office in Seoul.
Managing it without loosening Washington's alliance with Seoul would require statesmanship of the highest order.
Automakers and heavyweight tech companies advanced in Seoul, with the yen's rebound providing relief.
About 60 registered SAT prep centers operate in Seoul alone, according to the metropolitan education office.
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In April last year, Seoul sent its first astronaut into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Now of course the G-20 in Seoul is sure to be a glorified photo-op.
We were speaking in Seoul shortly after the Kaesong industrial park had been shut down.
Singapore Changi Airport took the No. 1 spot, followed by Incheon International Airport in Seoul.
It was 1987 and South Korea was preparing to host the Olympic Games in Seoul.
With direct flights from Japan, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore, it's also highly accessible.
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In Seoul, the Kospi index settled 0.66 percent higher to close at 1912.
Following the trip to the Middle East, Mr Kerry will travel to Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo.
While the rhetoric coming out of the meetings in Seoul sounds positive, nothing concrete was agreed.
They will win, but the price - especially for Seoul -- will be prohibitively high.
Seoul's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Monday he still believes the missile would be fired soon.
The guilds were located in major cities throughout Korea including Seoul, Busan, and Daejeon.
That's not quite enough to reach Seoul, which is 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the DMZ.
Moreover, in Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo, leadership transitions have occurred only in recent months.
Associated Press writers Matthew Pennington in Washington and Youkyung Lee in Seoul contributed to this report.
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"I think I'm the kind of person Samsung needs, "Kim says over sushi at Seoul's Shilla Hotel.
With eyes fixed firmly on the bottom line, Seoul hospitals are saving costs wherever they can.
The incident occurred 170 miles southwest of Seoul near Eocheong, an island in the Yellow Sea.
She retired briefly after the 1988 Seoul Games but returned for the 1992 Barcelona Games.
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