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...doesn’t notice that Asian designer labels and fashion in Asia are separate entities. At Project East, we showed designers from New York Fashion Week, who had Asian backgrounds. Perhaps Lin thought that these designers’ Asian backgrounds meant that they show in Shanghai, Tokyo, or Seoul and would thus affect consumption in such areas...
...take it to one of the many restaurants adjacent to the building and have your food cooked on the spot. Drinks and a meal will only set you back about $20. The restaurants stay open until midnight, which leaves you plenty of time to hit another gritty part of Seoul: Dongdaemun Market. This is a mixture of shopping malls and retail and wholesale stalls in their hundreds. Call the Tourist Information Center in Dongdaemun, tel: (82-2) 2236 9135, if you have queries. It takes about 20 minutes by taxi to get there from Noryangjin, and if you're looking...
...Heekyoung, counselor for new residents, Seoul Metropolitan Government Go to Lotte World, tel: (82-2) 411 2000, a giant indoor and outdoor amusement park that's not too dissimilar to Disneyland. It's only about a 20-minute subway ride from downtown Seoul - you get off at Jamshil Station - and it has plenty of great rides and things to do for children and adults alike. If you can, visit on a weekday to avoid the crowds and the long queues. After 5 p.m., admission to the park is cut from around $27 to about $23. You can still...
...Kyungho, Taekwondo referee Start at Toksugu Palace in front of Seoul City Hall. Stroll down the footpath along the palace wall for a few minutes and on the left side of the road you will see the Seoul Museum of Art, tel: (82-2) 2124 8800. It's open until 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays during the winter months and has a wonderful traditional and contemporary art collection. After that, travel a few minutes further down the road to the Chongdong Theater, tel: (82-2) 751 1500, and you can take in a traditional Korean performing...
...Superlow interest rates that encouraged lenders to offer loans to virtually anyone, even those with bad credit. Those loans were then bundled together into exotic derivatives and sold off to financial institutions worldwide; when borrowers began to default on their mortgages, money managers from São Paulo to Seoul suffered huge losses...