Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Dev]

I know the art of writing an actual letter is as obsolete as video cassttes, but I have some older friends that can't be bothered with computers.

I went to a popular stationary / music shop called Hot Tracks and was disappointed with the tiny selection of blank greeting cards and nice writing paper. You can buy all manner of goofy pens there (and almost limitless kinds of notebooks), but they have almost no writing paper.

Where can I buy some nice writing paper? Surely someone in Korea produces it, I think.

[icicle]

[SuperFly]

There's a chain store named "kosney" that has a nice variety of greeting cards. There's one in Myongdong and one in Kagnam. I found Moleskine notebooks there, something I never thought I'd ever see in Korea.

Moleskine




They have all kinds of greeting cards...

[newintown]

i live in a small town, and theres a shop called 'coma'. i've been in exactly the same store in ansan, but it was called something different. you might not have been in as from the outside it looks like its just filled with girly stuff - hair slides, teddies, pens etc, which it IS. but they also have a huge selection of writing paper & cards. fair enough, some of its silly with badly translated cheesey english phrases. but they also have plain writing paper in an assortment of colours, with matching envelopes.
i think you can also get writing paper in lottle/emart

[captain kirk]

You're in Seoul, right? Insadong has shops that specialize in Korean Hanji paper made out of mulberry wood. It has an cloth-like, soft but tough quality and is good for writing letters with a free-flowing pen.

When Korea was owned by Genghis Khan this paper was sent as a tribute. Khan's 'psychological warfare' department made sure that yet unconquered cities got letters describing the horrific fate met by those who didn't immediately surrender.

[Dev]

Thanks to those who replied.

I'm in Seoul and yes I know Kosney and the stores in Insadong. Both are good suggestions. I find Korea to be a funny place to shop. You have to know where to go to buy specific items. For some unknown reason Koreans group their stores in clusters all selling nearly the same items instead of speading them around the city. Odd isn't it?

[pkang0202]

Seeing how there aren't street addresses (yet), the way they have it setup is the best way. If you need something you say "Go to the electronics block" or "stationary block".