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Seoul Gyeongdong Market

서울 경동시장

+82-2-967-8721
www.kyungdongmart.com

147, Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

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As the nation began to recover from the aftermath of the Korean War, farmers from the northern Gyeonggi-do region and Ganwon-do gathered around the old Seongdong Station (renamed ‘Hansol Donguibogam’) to sell their produce and wares. The farmers’ impromptu gathering on the fallow farmland to make their transactions soon led to the birth of a new marketplace.
Seoul Gyeongdong Market, a.k.a. ‘Gyeongdong Market’, is located around Jegi-dong, Yongdu-dong and Jeonnong-dong at Dongdaemun-gu and consists of the Gyeongdong Oriental Medicine Market, the Gyeongdong New Market, the Gyeongdong Old Market, the Gyeongdong Building, Hansol Donguibogam, and more.
Currently, renovations are underway to reinvent the out-dated market environment into an updated shopping experience that still preserves the area’s innate charm. In 2004, Hansol Donguibogam was built and opened on the spot where the Midopa Department Store used to stand. Hanbang Cheonha, Donguibogam Tower-Tel and other areas are now undergoing renovations.

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Contact: • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-967-8721
Opening hours: Oriental Medicine Market 09:00-19:00 / Traditional Market 04:00-19:00
Parking: Available (1,000 won for 10 min)
Closed: Traditional Market : Chuseok, Seollal / Oriental Medicine Market : Selected stores closed on sundays & holidays
Products: Oriental medicine ingredients, Dried seafood, Vegetable
Size: 100,000㎡

Updated 2016.02.05

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Get off at Jegi-dong Station (Seoul Subwa Line 1), Exit 2. The market is directly accessible from the exit.

147, Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

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Subway Line 1 Jegidong (제기동) - 219.2m
Subway Line 2 Yongdu (Dongdaemun-gu Office) (용두(동대문구청)) - 569m
Subway Line K Cheongnyangni (청량리) - 870.5m
Subway Line G Cheongnyangni (청량리) - 870.5m
Subway Line 1 Cheongnyangni (청량리) - 870.5m
Subway Line 6 Anam (Korea Univ. Hospital) (안암(고대병원앞)) - 1069m
Subway Line 2 Sinseoldong (신설동) - 1135.4m
Subway Line 1 Sinseoldong (신설동) - 1135.4m
Subway Line 6 Korea Univ. (Jongam) (고려대(종암)) - 1272.6m
Subway Line 2 Sindap (신답) - 1304m

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