Hangul 경동시장 Revised Romanization Gyeongdong Sijang | Hanja 京東市場 McCune–Reischauer Kyŏngdong Sichang | |
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Similar Jegi‑dong Station, Yongdu Station, Cheongnyangni Station, Dapsimni Station, Dongmyo Station | ||
Gyeongdong market in seoul south korea
Gyeongdong Market or Kyungdong Market, located in Dongdaemun District, Seoul, is one of the largest herbal medicine and ginseng markets of South Korea. Since its establishment in 1960, the market supplies 70 percent of the nation’s herbal medicine ingredients and has more than 1,000 related shops and oriental medicine clinics in the area. Gyeongdong Market also serves as a wholesale and retail markets selling agricultural products and fish in about 300,000 square meters, about five times the size of the Seoul Sangam World Cup Stadium.
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Map of Gyeongdong Market, Jegi-dong, Seoul
It is served by Seoul Subway's Jegi-dong Station on Line 1.
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Gyeongdong Market Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA