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Hangul
  
한국종합무역센터

Hanja
  
韓國綜合貿易센터

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Revised Romanization
  
Hanguk Jonghammu-yeok Senteo

McCune–Reischauer
  
Hankuk Chonghammu-yŏk Sent'ŏ

World Trade Center Seoul (WTC Seoul) (Hangul: 한국종합무역센터; Hanja: 韓國綜合貿易센터), commonly known as the COEX, is a building complex centered on the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center on Teheranno in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu district of Seoul. It contains the ASEM Tower, the Trade Tower, and the COEX InterContinental Seoul. The 54-story building Trade Tower was built in 1988 with a height of 228 meters (748 feet), and is one of the tallest buildings in South Korea.

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Facilities

  • COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
  • Trade Tower
  • COEX Mall - underground shopping center and Kimchi Field Museum
  • COEX Aquarium
  • ASEM Tower
  • COEX Artium - opened in April 2009, it is a area dedicated to SM Entertainment artists
  • COEX InterContinental hotel
  • Convention Annex
  • Oakwood Premier COEX Center - a luxury serviced residence
  • City Airport Tower
  • Korea City Air Terminal
  • Grand InterContinental Hotel
  • Hyundai Department Store
  • The interior of the penthouse of the Oakwood Premier COEX Center was used as a filming location for the Paris home, in the first three episode, of male lead, Han Ki-joo played by Park Shin-yang, in Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)'s drama Lovers in Paris.
  • One scene of PSY's Gangnam Style music video was filmed on the top of ASEM Tower with the Trade Tower for its background.
  • Legally Blonde, The Musical: 16 November 2012 to 17 March 2013, CoexArtium, starring Jung Eun-ji of A Pink.
  • The Trade Center is featured in the "Induction" trailer of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

    • Administration

    The 836-meter (914-yard) section of sidewalk along Yeongdong Boulevard from exit No.5 of Samseong Station on Seoul Subway Line 2, outside Convention & Exhibition Center and ASEM Tower is designated as a smoke-free zone by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

    References

    World Trade Center Seoul Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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