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Lotte Department Store Sets Up Prayer Room for Muslim Tourists

SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Department Store, the country’s leading retailer, said Sunday it will open prayer rooms for Muslims at its store in Seoul this week as it steps up efforts to attract more tourists from the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries. The department store operator said they will open a [...]

SNU Hospital Arranges Prayer Room for Visiting Muslims

SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A 23-year-old named Anne Muhammed from Egypt works as a medical interpreter for Arabic at Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital’s International Healthcare Center. She had been looking forward to the 6th of July, which marks the end of a month-long fasting period for Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim [...]