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Flea market is awash in used goods
Though not as diverse as the items it sells, the market has several names. Some call it the Dokebi (goblin) Market because broken goods get fixed like magic. Others know it as the Junk Market. Some call it, appropriately, the Last Market. The me…
Jan 20,2009
Drive, Dedication and Doosan
“Faces inside Korea’s conglomerates” is a weekly series about key figures in major conglomerates to help readers understand Korea’s business world. Doosan Group, the nation’s 13th largest conglomerate, is one of the country’s oldest business gr…
Jan 19,2009
A street where film cameras thrive
Across from Myeongdong Cathedral and hiding behind modern highrises, billboards touting Leica, Nikon, and Canon cameras, crowd a narrow street in Chungmuro. People passing by with cameras hanging from straps on their shoulders stop and stare in t…
Jan 12,2009
Masters of sky, land and sea
Faces inside Korea’s conglomerates is a weekly series about key figures in major conglomerates to help readers understand Korea’s business world. With Korea’s No. 1 carrier and shipping company as its subsidiaries, the Hanjin Group has been a…
Jan 12,2009
Traditional Korean rice cakes take a pounding in the streets of Nakwon
Insa-dong in Jongno, central Seoul provides the atmosphere of old Korea, just as Asakusa does for Tokyo. Within hailing distance of Insa-dong, there is Nakwon Tteok District, where around 10 stores selling tteok, or rice cakes, stand close together. …
Jan 05,2009
Meat market is not for fainthearted
Refrigerator trucks hurry down a narrow two-way street, sometimes creating congestion that takes the better part of an hour to clear. They park by small meat stores on both sides of the street. Quickly, slabs of beef are handed over to workers rush…
Dec 29,2008
Cookies helped create street known for printing
New calendars and seasonal cards were once the bread and butter of Euljiro 4-5-ga, but times have changed on Seoul’s traditional printing and packaging street. “There are some shops that do make calendars and cards here, but profit margins are sma…
Dec 22,2008
A company battles to the top
In April, when the Hanwha Group, the nation’s 10th biggest private conglomerate, joined the competition to buy Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., the world’s third biggest shipbuilder, the conglomerate was not regarded as the most likely…
Dec 22,2008
Meet Cheongdam, the trendiest street in Korea
People say Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul is the country’s wealthiest and trendiest area. For ordinary citizens, that often translates as “unapproachable.” The Cheongdam “luxury street,” stretching from Galleria Department Store to the Cheongda…
Dec 15,2008
Company’s vision takes to the sky
The faces inside Korea’s conglomerates is a weekly series about key figures in major conglomerates to help readers understand Korea’s business world. Kumho Asiana Group began its 60th year in business in 2006, but its growth plans are far from reali…
Dec 15,2008
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