Cheonggyecheon Medley

Cheonggyecheon is a small industrial area in the city of Seoul where small metal workshops are located Cheonggyecheon had played a key role in the industrialization of South Korea from the remnants of colonialism and war Following the liberation of the country from Japanese rule in 1945 many industrial complexes became abandoned resulting in a flood of scavenged machine parts on the market In the 1960s Vietnam War veterans brought many machines into Cheonggyecheon initiating smallscale production and whats now considered copy production unique to the economies of developing nations In the past five years the business on Cheonggyecheon has declined as the surrounding neighborhood is in the process of renovation and gentrification as part of a beautification initiative by the Seoul Metropolitan Government