Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Bobqb]

I know 1,000 won shops exist somewhere in the city...I just have no idea where. Anyone know where I can locate one? I'm living in Hongdae, but anywhere within a reasonable subway distance is cool too.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Ekuboko]

Myeongdong - on the 5th ? floor of the building that Kosney and Paris Baguette is in. There's a biiig Daiso store there.

[Drew345]

Or is it spelled Jongro-3 ga? Anyway, just beside the entrance of the "Pagoda Park".

[OiGirl]

Daiso is awesome if you don't mind buying Japanese. But really, really awesome. And like many dollar stores the stock changes frequently, so shop early, shop often...

[Soul Forest]

As far as I understand, Daiso is not a Japanese company. I read an article about it once. According to that article, it's a Korean company that makes it products in China and sells them mostly in Japan. Obviously, Japan is not going to move to the side and let a Korean company make that much money there, so I presume Daiso's profits in Japan stay mostly in Japan.

Daiso shops in Japan have a much better selection than in Korea, and everythere is strictly 100 yen (=1000 won), whereas it seems like the Korean shops have a lot more things that are 1500 won or 2000 won.

The 1000-won shop inside Wangshimni station is quite good. I haven't been to the one in Myungdong.

[rocklee]

[Soul Forest]

I'm not 100% sure about its present status or to what extent Japanese companies have shares in it. But I definitely read an article about three years ago saying that Daiso had Korean roots as a company.
My Korean ability is not high enough to read it, but here's their website:
http://www.daiso.co.kr/

[OiGirl]

99% of the products I bought at the Daiso shop here had Japanese language packaging. Doesn't mean much, but that's my data.