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Seoul’s Biggest Shopping District Struggles to Survive, but Most Koreans Don’t Care

Seoul’s Biggest Shopping District Struggles to Survive, but Most Koreans Don’t Care

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hit by the absence of Chinese tourists over South Korea’s deployment of a politically charged THAAD missile defense system, the future of Seoul’s iconic Myeongdong neighborhood is now shrouded in uncertainty. Reports of the economic damage caused by the lack of Chinese tourists on Myeongdong, a busy shopping district [...]