Tag: Namdaemun

South Korea Reports Small Cluster Infection at Namdaemun Market

| August 11, 2020

Despite the uptick in local infections, South Korea’s numbers are still incredibly low:

Health officials carry out COVID-19 testing on citizens at a makeshift facility erected in Namdaemun Market, central Seoul, Monday, following an outbreak of infections at the marketplace. / Yonhap

COVID-19 infections traced to a church have spread to Namdaemun Market, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Seoul, the health authorities said Monday. This is renewing concerns over mass infections while the number of new cases here has hovered between 20 and 43 a day, since the beginning of the month.

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the country added 28 new cases Sunday, bringing the total caseload to 14,626. 

Among the 28, 17 were locally transmitted infections, including 11 reported in the densely populated capital, and five in the surrounding Gyeonggi Province.  

At least nine were tied to the Namdaemun Market. 

Korea Times

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Then & Now: Namdaemun Gate

| September 21, 2005

Then:

Namdaemun Gate shown in 1900. Namdaemun was the southern entrance into the old walled city of Seoul. Markets tended to form near the gates outside the cities, which you can see in this picture.

Now:

Today Namdaemun still stands in central Seoul after reconstruction from the aftermath of the Korean War. The old Namdaemun Market remains adjacent to the gate and recent renovations around Namdaemun have transformed the surrounding land into a really nice park area for the citizens of downtown Seoul.