{
  "id": 17751042,
  "title": "Experience ancient Korean commerce at Seoul's annual Yukui-jeon Festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/experience-ancient-korean-commerce-at-seouls-annual-yukui-jeon",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T05:42:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261102/experience-ancient-korean-commerce-at-seouls-annual-yukui-jeon-festival"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that Seoul's annual Yukui-jeon Festival will recreate a 600-year-old marketplace along Cheonggye Stream in Jongno, the historic heart of downtown Seoul. This Saturday's festival, themed \"Unjong-ga, Street Where People Gather Like Clouds,\" will bring together local merchants, food vendors, traditional games, and live performances. The event, named after the Six Licensed Stores of the Joseon Dynasty, will feature sales booths operated by merchants from the six major categories of government-authorized shops: silk, cotton fabric, hemp fabric, paper, miscellaneous textiles, and seafood.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}