SEOUL, Korea, Mar 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the large-scale urban development project famous for being designed by Iraqi British architect Zaha Hadid, has opened for business on March 21. For the first few days the area was crowded with visitors to see the newest landmark while shopping in the plaza’s basement [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s old downtown area including Dongdaemun, Jongno, and Insa-dong is emerging as a new center for upscale hotels, largely thanks to the inflow of Chinese tourists. Until recently, the main area in downtown Seoul hosting most hotels was Myung-dong and Euljiro, with the likes of Lotte, Westin Chosun, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The K-Pop Hologram Performance Stage will open on the 9th floor of the Fit-in Shopping Mall in Seoul’s Dongdaemun on January 17. With financial support from KT (8.3 billion won) and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (1 billion won), the 1,650-square-meter stage consists of the [...]