Daechi-dong Remains Tutoring Ground Zero

Looking for an Internet cafe in Seoul? Head to Sillim 9-dong, Gwanak-gu, which has more wired cafes than any other part of the country.

According to a report on business locations from the National Statistical Office on Wednesday, 80 Internet cafes are doing business in Shillim 9-dong, the most in all of Korea's 2,572 administrative districts.

Meanwhile Daechi-dong in Gangnam-gu lives up to its reputation as the mecca of private education in Korea. At 183, it has the largest number of private education institutions of any area in the country.

Most real estate agents are located in Yeoksam 1-dong, Gangnam-gu, and 204 financial businesses can be found in Myeongdong. Yeoksam 1-dong is close behind with 164 and Yeouido-dong has 149.

Jongno 1¤ý2¤ý3¤ý4-ga in Jongno-gu is packed with 1,132 restaurants thanks to strong demand from 16,786 businesses and their 90,000 employees in the area.

Seocho 3-dong has the largest number of legal offices, 704, followed by Seocho 4-dong with 281. Those areas are close to the Supreme Court of Korea.

Some 312 accommodation and tourism businesses, the largest number in the country, are operating in Bongpyeong, in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province.


englishnews@chosun.com / 9¿ù 20, 2007 10:41 KST