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About the field guide

Made for a shopping day that feels like your own.

ShopsinKorea is an independent, English-language field guide to shopping places in Korea. Start with a city, follow an area and save the exact places that interest you.

A selection with a paper trail.

Every listed place links to its research source. Branches stay separate, and tenants stay separate from their parent venues. We do not sell products, book visits or track live inventory.

A growing edition.

This edition covers 57 places in 21 cities and 14 named shopping areas. Coverage is uneven and grows with verifiable sources. It is not a complete register of Korean shops.

Independent by design.

Listings are not ratings, recommendations or guarantees. No affiliate tracking links or paid placement are included in this edition. Venue and brand names identify their respective places; no endorsement is implied.

ShopsinKorea maintains this guide. Suggest a correction through the anonymous request form. The sources and image credits are published for everyone to review.

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