Key takeaways
After Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, the market was renamed the Seoul Fish Market Corporation in April 1947. Fact As Seoul expanded and its population grew, the government reinvestment company Korea Cold Storage Co. secured a loan from the Asian Development Bank and built a wholesale market at the market's current location in Noryangjin-dong, Dongjak-gu, in May 1971. Fact In April 1975, as part of a policy to revitalize the Noryangjin wholesale market, the Uiju-ro market closed and the entire market's operations fully relocated to Noryangjin. Fact
What to look for on site
- Reference materials describing the background of the Noryangjin relocation
- The former Uiju-ro market site (likely serving a different purpose today)
- How the two relocations reshaped the market's character
Editorial note
It's inaccurate to say "Noryangjin Fish Market has always been in this location." Establish that it began in Seodaemun-gu before relocating to Noryangjin.