commercial district

The alley-style shopping district around Mukdong Dokkaebi Market in Seoul’s Jungnang-gu has been selected as a target site under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ 2026 “Promising Alley Commercial District” …

Seoul has designated five neighborhoods, Jangchungdan-gil, Hapmareu, Seonyurowoon, Oryu Beodeul and Yangjaecheon-gil, as new “local brand” commercial districts under a city program aimed at helping small, independent alleyway shops build …

On a weekday afternoon in Sinsa-dong’s Garosugil, the street that spent two decades as one of Seoul’s defining shopping destinations is quiet enough to notice. “For lease” notices start near …