Seoul

===Manufacturing===
{{See also|Manufacturing in South Korea}}
The traditional, labor-intensive manufacturing industries have been continuously replaced by [[information technology]], [[electronics]] and assembly-type of industries;<ref name="britannica-economy">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/534948/Seoul/24016/City-layout#toc24019|title=Seoul: Economy|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=13 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135110/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/534948/Seoul/24016/City-layout#toc24019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu11ee/uu11ee0i.htm|title=The primacy of Seoul and the capital region|publisher=United Nations University|access-date=13 February 2014|archive-date=4 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104072715/http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu11ee/uu11ee0i.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> however, food and beverage production, as well as printing and publishing remained among the core industries.<ref name="britannica-economy"/> Major manufacturers are headquartered in the city, including [[Samsung]], [[LG]], [[Hyundai Group|Hyundai]], [[Kia Motors|Kia]] and [[SK Group|SK]]. Notable food and beverage companies include [[Jinro]], whose [[soju]] is the most sold alcoholic drink in the world, beating out [[Smirnoff]] [[vodka]];<ref name="bestselling">{{cite news|url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/drink/soju-most-sold-drink-world-930177|title=It's official: Jinro soju is the world's best-selling liquor|date=12 June 2012|work=CNNTravel|access-date=29 April 2013|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221152720/http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/drink/soju-most-sold-drink-world-930177|url-status=dead}}</ref> top selling beer producers [[Hite Brewery|Hite]] (merged with Jinro) and [[Oriental Brewery]].<ref name=economist>{{cite news|title=Fiery food, boring beer|url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21567120-dull-duopoly-crushes-microbrewers-fiery-food-boring-beer|publisher=The Economist|access-date=24 April 2013|date=24 November 2012|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701164429/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21567120-dull-duopoly-crushes-microbrewers-fiery-food-boring-beer|url-status=live}}</ref> It also hosts food giants like [[Seoul Milk|Seoul Dairy Cooperative]], [[Nongshim Group]], Ottogi, [[CJ Corporation|CJ]], Orion, Maeil Holdings, [[Namyang Dairy Products]] and [[Lotte (conglomerate)|Lotte]].