Why did Angelina Jolie rent a luxury apartment in Korean capital Seoul?
Rent in the central Gwanghwamun neighbourhood is understood to be US$580,000 for just a 1,200 sq ft apartment
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly signed a lease for a luxury apartment in Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun district.
The residence is presumably for her son Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 18, who has been accepted to study at the Underwood International College of Yonsei University. Yonsei’s Seoul campus sits just 5km from the rented home in Seodaemun-gu.
Jolie's agent is known to have inked the contract on her behalf. Apartment rent in the neighbourhood is understood to be around $580,000 for 113 square metres (1,216 sq ft) and around $790,000 for 176 square metres (1,894 sq ft). The exact size of Jolie's rented property is unknown.
“The apartment is high-security and in proximity to Yonsei,” a source was quoted as saying. “It seems Jolie clinched the contract also because she is planning to visit Korea frequently.”
Jolie-Pitt will study life science and biotechnology. The entrance ceremony will take place on August 26.
He and his mother toured Yonsei in November 2018, when Jolie visited Korea as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Jolie, 44, visited Seoul on August 18 with her son and returned alone to the US on August 21.
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This article was originally written by Dong Sun-hwa for The Korea Times.