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Grey Market
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created by Steed
on 7/11/2007 7:00 AM
last modified by Steed
on 9/27/2010 2:32 PM
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Dongdaemoon is a very large area with a wide variety of markets. Although the old markets are disappearing, you can still find them. Get away from the department stores and follow the canal. Across the street from the pet section you'll find the grey market. Follow the street a couple more blocks and you'll see where Lotte Castle is slowly eating up the grey market.
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Type: Building
Status: Being Demolished, Still Active
Accessibility: Easy, but many people around
Recommendation: worth the trip, don't leave Seoul without seeing it
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asbestos unsafe flooring Huge piles of trash
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-grey markets which sell anything from records and sex toys to military surplus and schoolboy uniforms. -Pet shops with very poor conditions for animals. -Some abandoned buildings, and partly abandoned buildings with storefronts still operating.
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fences barbed wire razor wire locked gates welded doors wooden boarding cameras
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gloves long pants / sleeves
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Dongdaemun is a market district in central Seoul, South Korea. The Korean name "Dongdaemun" means "Great East Gate," and it was so named because it was the major eastern gate in the wall that surrounded Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty. The gate is located in Jongno 6-ga. Today, the area around Dongdaemun includes upmarket shopping districts as well as several underground shops, stalls and markets that are open 24 hours a day. Unfortunately due to gentrification, many of the coolest areas have been destroyed, and are continuing to be destroyed. It's a long, slow process of destruction and rebuilding.
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Cheonggyechon (canal), Lotte Castle (mega apartment complex/shopping mall), who knows what
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 9/28/2010 1:23 AM.
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on Sep 28 10 at 1:23, Emperor Wang validated this location on Sep 27 10 at 14:32, Steed changed the following: Real Name, City on Jul 31 08 at 5:51, SaraBellum validated this location on Apr 16 08 at 5:58, Steed moved this gallery out of this location on Jan 28 08 at 20:04, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jan 24 08 at 15:29, Steed changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Prefer Satellite on Jan 24 08 at 15:28, Steed changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy on Jan 2 08 at 19:32, Emperor Wang validated this location on Dec 27 07 at 4:33, Steed changed the following: City on Dec 10 07 at 23:57, Emperor Wang validated this location
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