Seoul's government has announced two of the schools will be placed in southern Seoul because most international schools are now located in the north, despite a growing foreign population in the south.

The city is planning to invite elite schools from leading industrial nations such as Great Britain's Harrow School to operate the schools.

Currently, nearly 6,000 students are enrolled at 21 international schools in Seoul but the school capacity falls short of the 1,000 more foreign students in the capital.

Koreans who have lived abroad for more than five years will also be eligible to attend the schools.

Arirang News