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Bosung Girls' High School

1907 establishments in KoreaEducational institutions established in 1907Girls' schools in South KoreaHigh schools in SeoulYongsan District

Bosung Girls' High School (Korean: 보성여자고등학교) is a private girls high school located in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

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Bosung Girls' High School
Sinheung-ro 3na-gil, Seoul Yongsan 2(i)-ga-dong

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Sinheung-ro 3na-gil
04339 Seoul, Yongsan 2(i)-ga-dong
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