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Seoul City and Naver Restore Secondhand Bookstores near Cheonggyecheon

Seoul City and Naver Restore Secondhand Bookstores near Cheonggyecheon

SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –As walking along Cheonggyecheon, a stream that runs through downtown Seoul, you meet many used bookstores where books are piled up like towers. Now only 25 bookstores remain, unlike 200 in their heyday, 1960s through 1970s. Moreover, there are only about 100 secondhand bookstores in the Seoul metro area. Although [...]