Korea Tourist Guide Association members hold pickets and brochures in front of Shinsegae Department Store Main Branch in downtown Seoul, Wednesday, criticizing Shinsegae Duty Free for allegedly selling to foreigners who redistribute tax-free goods illegally. Photo: Park Jae-hyuk/Korea Times
Korea Tourist Guide Association members hold pickets and brochures in front of Shinsegae Department Store Main Branch in downtown Seoul, Wednesday, criticizing Shinsegae Duty Free for allegedly selling to foreigners who redistribute tax-free goods illegally. Photo: Park Jae-hyuk/Korea Times
Korea Times
Asia /  East Asia

Tour guides accuse South Korean departmental store of exploiting expatriates

The Korea Tourist Guide Association claims that Shinsegae Department Store in Seoul ‘allowed more illegal activity than any other duty free store operator’

The Korea Times
The Korea Times

Updated: 11:50am, 8 Dec, 2016

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Korea Tourist Guide Association members hold pickets and brochures in front of Shinsegae Department Store Main Branch in downtown Seoul, Wednesday, criticizing Shinsegae Duty Free for allegedly selling to foreigners who redistribute tax-free goods illegally. Photo: Park Jae-hyuk/Korea Times
Korea Tourist Guide Association members hold pickets and brochures in front of Shinsegae Department Store Main Branch in downtown Seoul, Wednesday, criticizing Shinsegae Duty Free for allegedly selling to foreigners who redistribute tax-free goods illegally. Photo: Park Jae-hyuk/Korea Times
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