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Hyundai Department Store (Korean: 현대백화점) is a major department store chain in South Korea. Its parent company is the Hyundai Department Store Group . [ 1 ] It, Lotte Department Store , and Shinsegae are the three largest chains in the country.
Hyundai Department Store Group (Korean: 현대백화점그룹) is a South Korean retail conglomerate that spun off from Hyundai Group in 1999. [1] The company began as Keumgang Development Industries established in 1971. [2] It opened its first store in Ulsan in 1977.
Myeong-dong at night, Missha store on the right. The Yongsan Electronics Market of Seoul is the largest electronics market in Asia.The market specializes in electronic goods as well as computer parts, of which South Korea is a major world producer of and it contains approximately 5,000 stores housed in 22 buildings.
This is the highest percentage of major retail outlets such as department stores, supermarkets and convenience stores. [ 2 ] South Korea's three largest hypermarkets (E-mart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus) had 395 stores in 2013; E-Mart had 148 stores (37.5 percent), Homeplus had 139 (35.2 percent), and Lotte Mart had 108 (27.3 percent).
Jangan-dong is situated in Dongdaemun District in East-Central Seoul. It is a rapidly modernizing neighborhood with an old city feel. By day, it is a bustling residential area of Seoul with several apartment complexes visible, including those built by Hillstate, SM, Samsung Ramien, and Hyundai.
Gwangjang Market (Korean: 광장시장), previously Dongdaemun Market (동대문시장), is a traditional street market in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. The market is one of the oldest and largest traditional markets in South Korea, with more than 5000 shops and 20,000 employees in an area of 42,000 m 2 (450,000 sq ft).
Dongdaemun District (Korean: 동대문구; RR: Dongdaemun-gu) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It has a population of 346,770 (2010) and has a geographic area of 14.22 km 2 (5.49 sq mi ), and is divided into 14 dong (administrative neighborhoods).
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 period. The gate is located at Jongno 6-ga in Jongno District .