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Step out of Hyehwa Station in the evening and the first things you see are people handing out show flyers and queues at ticket booths. Daehangno (Daehak-ro, "University Street") is officially the road from Jongno 5-ga to Hyehwa Rotary, but…
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Myeong-dong is the busy district between Chungmu-ro, Eulji-ro and Namdaemun-ro in Jung District, Seoul. Cosmetics shops, fashion stores and big department stores are packed together here, making it one of the first shopping streets foreign…
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Seongsu-dong was, not long ago, a semi-industrial patch of eastern Seoul packed with shoe workshops, print shops and car repair garages. As its red-brick factories and warehouses turned into cafés, galleries and pop-up stores, it became on…
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Itaewon, in Seoul's Yongsan District, is usually described as the city's most international neighbourhood. Restaurants serving food from all over the world, an old jazz club and a second-hand bookshop, and Middle Eastern shops around the m…
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Hongdae is the lively district that spreads around Hongik University in Seoul's Mapo District, between Hongik University, Sangsu and Hapjeong stations. The name is simply a short form of the university's name rather than an official place…