I’ve Walked Past Gukje Market a Hundred Times — This Is What I Finally Noticed

Souvenir shops inside Gukje Market selling K-pop merchandise and Korean goods

I live near enough to Gukje Market that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve passed through it. But passing through and actually looking are two different things. Most visits were a blur — cutting through the covered alleys on the way to somewhere else, maybe grabbing something to eat, then moving on. It … Read more