[Photo] Large Fashion Mall Stores Empty Due to Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic

On the 19th, stores inside large shopping malls in the Dongdaemun-gu Fashion Town in Seoul, which are suffering from a recession due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19, are vacant. The Dongdaemun shopping district, symbolized by fashion accessories, is also becoming empty due to the effects of COVID-19. According to the Shopping Mall Information Research Institute, the vacancy rate of medium to large shopping malls in the Dongdaemun commercial area was 10.8% in the second quarter of last year. The vacancy rate in the Dongdaemun commercial area has been continuously rising since the second quarter./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@