The community market at Noksa-pyeong Square and the district office lawn on Wednesday features products from 16 local businesses and agricultural goods from six sister cities and counties
Seoul's Yongsan-gu will host the Yongsan Sanghoe, a community market bringing together local small businesses and residents, on Nov. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Noksa-pyeong Square and the district office lawn. The event is organized by the Yongsan-gu Chamber of Commerce.
The market aims to give local small businesses a platform to promote their products and expand sales channels, while offering residents a chance to browse a wide range of goods and take part in hands-on activities. Organizers hope the event will energize the local commercial district and foster a sense of community between merchants and residents.
The venue will be divided into several zones: a showcase of quality products from local small businesses, a direct-trade market featuring goods from sister cities and counties, a residents' flea market and a hands-on experience area.
Sixteen businesses will take part in the small-business showcase, offering a variety of products at reasonable prices — among them fruit-filled glutinous rice cakes, pumpkin sikhye, honey, beef, organic extra-virgin olive oil, organic lemon juice and accessories.
The direct-trade market will feature agricultural and specialty products from six sister cities and counties: Jecheon, Yeongdong-gun, Sangju, Boseong-gun, Iksan and Goseong-gun. Visitors can browse local goods including fruit, dried persimmons, shredded dried pollack, stick honey, aronia jam, ginger syrup and lotus-leaf rice.
Residents from 10 neighborhoods across the district will run a total of 17 stalls at the flea market, selling clothing, books and everyday goods.
The experience zone will offer activities for all ages, including decorating ballpoint pens and keycaps, a retro arcade, a car-racing game, a four-cut photo booth, sachet-making and rattan-craft coaster workshops.
Live performances will add to the festivities, headlined by Kim Ga-ram, runner-up on the Jang Beom-june episode of the music program Hidden Singer 6.
The opening ceremony is set for 11 a.m., with pre-ceremony events beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Yongsan-gu District Mayor Kim Gyeong-dae said he hopes the Yongsan Sanghoe will help showcase the quality products of local small businesses and translate residents' interest and spending into renewed vitality for the local commercial district. "We will continue to create more opportunities for local merchants and residents to come together and thrive," Kim said.
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