First in the Nation to Complete 100% Real-Name Registration for Street Vendors, Rated Best in Seoul for Maintenance Performance
214 Street Vendor Sites (38%) Maintained, Achievements in Environmental Improvements Such as Rock Gardens and Smart Rest Areas
Dongdaemun-gu (District Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) has been selected for the '2025 Street Vendor Environment Improvement Contest Project' and secured 350 million KRW in city funds.
The district has played a leading role in improving the street environment by becoming the first in the nation to be designated as a special judicial police officer in the Road Act field by the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office and completing a 100% real-name system for street vendors.
Based on these achievements, last month Dongdaemun-gu was selected as the best district among 25 autonomous districts in Seoul's street vendor evaluation. After organizing street vendors, the district has continuously worked on environmental improvements by creating rock gardens, roadside green belts, smart rest areas, and street garden rest areas to prevent re-occupation and secure pedestrian rights.
As of April 2025, the maintenance achievements include ▲28 street sales stands in Seoul ▲41 permitted street vendor sales stands ▲141 illegal street stalls ▲4 other stored items, totaling 214 locations (38% of the total).
This is the largest scale achievement nationwide, attracting many autonomous districts to benchmark Dongdaemun-gu.
District Mayor Lee Pil-hyung stated, "As a result of actively maintaining elements that threaten the pedestrian environment, we achieved the top district award in the street vendor evaluation. We will accelerate the maintenance project with the budget secured through the contest project."
The district has formed a 'Street Vendor Maintenance Advisory Group' to establish street stall management principles and maintenance priorities and has been carrying out maintenance accordingly.
The maintenance targets are prioritized as follows: ▲1st priority is newly generated (location moved) street stalls or those with operator changes such as sale, lease, or succession, which are immediately maintained without warning. ▲2nd priority includes 'corporate-type or family business-type street stalls' that excessively occupy walkways or where two or more relatives operate stalls under civil law. ▲3rd priority is street stalls violating multiple laws. ▲4th priority is street stalls occupying crosswalks, fire hydrants, bus stops, etc. ▲5th priority is stalls owning property above a certain scale and thus not considered livelihood-type street stalls. In particular, street stalls located within urban planning project zones are subject to removal regardless of priority.
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