Off
Base Shopping
Songtan is known for its numerous small shops and open air markets. Seoul also
offers a variety of shopping areas such as East Gate (Tongdaemun), South Gate (Namdaemun),
I'taewon, Lotte Shopping Center, and many others.
Ready made clothing, leather products, eel skin, purses, luggage, and brass are
a good buy in Korea. American styles and sizes are available in communities
surrounding most military bases. Jeans, T-shirts, sweaters, jackets, and
athletic shoes are often sold at good prices. Many of the "name
brands" are counterfeit; others are seconds. A few are merely factory
overruns of legitimate items.