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Meet the neighbours – Kyobo Book Shop 교보문고

Whether you’re a mad-keen scholar of all things Korean or just that it’s cold outside and you want to kill an hour, check out the Kyobo Book Shop.

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The Kyobo Book Shop has 3 branches around Seoul, but the Gangnam centre is definitely the best (and is officially Korea’s largest bookshop!).  It’s located over at the other side of the station from Lexis Seoul – about a 15 minute walk.

The Kyobo has a huge selection of foreign books, and the best range of Korean language texts that I’ve seen.  If you need a new dictionary or reader, it’s hard to beat the Kyobo.  Prices are very competitive, too.

There’s no pressure to buy anything at the Kyobo, and it often feels more like a library than a book shop, with customers settling down in easy chairs for a quiet morning with their favourite novel.

Hint:  If you want to try out some translated Korean fiction, check out anything by Young-Ha Kim, Suki Kim or Kyung-Sook Shin…all great reads!

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