Editing Tower block (section)

====South Korea====
In South Korea, the tower blocks are called Apartment Complex ({{Lang|ko|아파트 단지}}). The first residential towers began to be built after the [[Korean War]]. The South Korean government needed to build many apartment complexes in the cities to be able to accommodate the citizens. In the 60 years since, as the population increased considerably, tower blocks have become more common. This time, however, the new tower blocks integrated shopping malls, parking systems, and other convenient facilities.

[[Samsung Tower Palace]] in [[Seoul]], South Korea, is the tallest apartment complex in Asia.

In Seoul, approximately 80 percent of its residents live in apartment complexes which comprise 98 percent of recent residential construction.<ref>{{cite book
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}}</ref> Seoul proper is noted for its [[population density]], eight times greater than [[Rome]], though less than [[Manhattan]] and Paris. Its metropolitan area is the densest in the [[OECD]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hankyoreh|url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/393438.html|title=Seoul ranks highest in population density among OECD countries|date=15 December 2009}}</ref>