Complete Removal of 25 Street Vendors at Dongdaemun-gu Cheongnyangni Station Exits 4 and 5 Plaza

Negotiations Underway for Removal of 7 Street Vendors... Barriers to Be Installed to Prevent Re-occupation After Removal

Current Appearance After Street Vendor Removal

The appearance before the street vendor's removal

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor You Deok-yeol) has completely removed 25 unauthorized street vendors occupying the plaza area around Cheongnyangni Station Exits 4 and 5 by the 15th.

Cheongnyangni Station Plaza, adjacent to Subway Line 1 Cheongnyangni Station Exits 4 and 5 and the bus transfer center, is a highly trafficked area. Since around 2010, about 10 street vendors began occupying the vicinity of the plaza, increasing recently to 32 vendors.

Various types of street vendor facilities such as food stalls, miscellaneous goods, and pojangmacha caused inconvenience to pedestrians. There were frequent complaints demanding removal due to illegal business activities including alcohol sales and gift certificate exchanges.

Accordingly, the district issued an order to restore the sidewalks to their original state from July 9 to 23, and then conducted a prior administrative enforcement notice from August 18 to September 1 to encourage voluntary removal and cleanup by the street vendor operators in the area.

As a result, starting from the 12th, 25 unauthorized street vendor operators began voluntary removal and cleanup, and negotiations for the removal of the remaining 7 vendors are currently underway.

The district also plans to install barriers around the cleared areas to prevent new street vendors from appearing, and will carefully monitor the area by installing security lights and CCTV to ensure no inconvenience to citizens during nighttime passage.

You Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “To secure a safe passageway, we have removed 25 unauthorized street vendors from Cheongnyangni Station Plaza. We will do our best to smoothly conclude negotiations with the remaining vendors.”

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