Seoul’s art scene is abuzz as Frieze Seoul 2025 is unfolds this September, bringing over 120 galleries from more than 30 countries to COEX in Gangnam. Visitors can explore innovative 작품 (jakpum, artworks) ranging from cutting-edge installation art to retrospectives of masters like Lee Bul and Kim Tschang-Yeul.
Seoul is gearing up for its first-ever AI Robot Show (서울 AI 로봇 쇼) from September 30 to October 2, 2025, at COEX in Gangnam.
Korea’s first Bitcoin ATM went online at Coffee Sedona in the COEX complex in Seoul yesterday. The ATM machine exchanges Korean Won for Bitcoins and visa versa. The Bitcoin ATM does not require photo ID or biometric data to make transactions. Continue reading
Most visitors to Seoul have spent time shopping, sleeping, or attending meetings/conventions at the COEX center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The COEX complex consists of a subway station, three hotels, casino, shopping mall, convention center, and countless restaurants. The shopping mall, which boasts of being the largest underground shopping mall in Asia, underwent construction in July and is expected to be completed by December 2014. A second subway station will also open with connections to Gimpo Airport. It’s also worth noting that the mall offers blazing fast free wifi. (Note: nearly all of the shopping mall is closed for construction as I discovered.)
Here’s a story on the overall future plan for COEX.
