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[mog]

I cannot find a place to buy shoelaces. Department store, no, popular shoe stores (eg. K-Swiss), no. Any ideas? I need black shoelaces.

[the eye]

i'm suprised you can't find them in department stores. i went to the athletic shoe department and they had a few to select from.

if you have the korean shoe / golfwear store called Kumgang...that's where i get mine. they have a bigger selection.

[mog]

Hmmm...I've tried the two Lotte Marts and the E-Mart here in Cheonan. I was in Seoul today and there was nothing to be found at the Lotte Mart by Seoul Station or anywhere that I could find at the Coex mall.

EDIT: Guess I could try walking around Ssangyong Daero.

It's also unfortunate that I can't say �� properly. Clerks have looked at me quite strangely before saying "Ah..." succeeded with a negative response.

[the eye]

i think you need to get to a major department store, not a 'mart'. e-mart is pretty useless, too.

try to find a Kumgang store.

[mog]

Was going to go to Hyundai Dept. Store by Coex, but they were closed.

[Son Deureo!]

Those little boxes on the side of the street with a guy doing shoe repair and key copying usually also have shoelaces for sale. Also, in case you don't know the Korean word for shoelaces is ���β�.

[mog]

[komtengi]

�Ź߲� works fine too...
I want to find some fat laces to rock it old school

[tzechuk]

[whatthefunk]

Given the Koreans tendancy to jump off buildings and bridges, it does not surprise me that they stopped selling shoe laces.

[mog]

Haven't been to the railroad station, just the bus terminal and the KTX. Don't know which buses go there that I'm near. Maybe the 1.

[tommynomad]

There's one for sure in front of the florist's, next to the Buy the Way, outside Hoseo U's front gate. (How Korean an address is that?)

I think there's one under the overpass in front of Chungmu Byeongwon (near E-Mart).

There are sure to be some shops in old downtown--near the train station--that carry laces.

[kangnam mafioso]

i ran into the same problem when i first arrived. i found some in one of the alleys of dongdaemun markets. just walk until you see people selling shoes on the sidewalks.

[tzechuk]

Mog, actually, better still, go to an apartment complex or a supermarket. There is always a shoe repairer outside!!

[Ryst Helmut]