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Alo's first flagship in Asia: a standalone building near Dosan Park in Gangnam with three retail floors, wooden louvres and a rooftop garden.

Private 8-seat bar with an autumn tasting course (8 cocktails, 4 pairing dishes) at 170,000 KRW, Sep 8 - Nov 19, 2026.

Lululemon's new two-floor SoHo flagship at 524 Broadway, one of its largest stores, launched the store design meant to be the template for its future stores and remodels.

Work started on the 456,100 sq m site of the former Yongsan train depot in central Seoul, to be built out as a cluster of skyscrapers including towers of more than 100 storeys on land held 7 to 3 by Korail and the Seoul Housing and Urban Development Corporation. Foundational roads, parks and parking are due by 2028, with the first move-ins from 2030.

Louis Vuitton opened "Visionary Journeys Seoul" inside Shinsegae's main store, a six-floor, roughly 4,900-square-metre space combining retail, dining and exhibitions that the house calls its largest experiential space anywhere in the world.

BTS's first performance as a full group in nearly four years, BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang, was the first standalone concert staged at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square and drew 18.4 million Netflix viewers.

Namsan-view buffet with live cooking; October-November 2026 dinner prices include beverage free-flow, plus a 20% weekday Naver Booking discount through Nov 30.

Korea's first Van Leeuwen store (Asia's first, run by Twosome Place under a master franchise) opened at Gangnam Station on 3 July 2026 with 24 flavours, four of them vegan, plus sundaes and milkshakes.

Van Leeuwen's second Korean store, in the Suite Park food hall in Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam's basement, opened on 23 July 2026; baby-size milkshakes are sold only at the Gangnam Station store.

Pierre Hermé's first cafe-style flagship in Korea, in the 63 Building next to Centre Pompidou Hanwha, with flagship-exclusive soft serve (Infiniment Vanille, Infiniment Chocolat, Ultime) alongside macarons and eclairs.

bhc's first flagship: 1F takeout and box meals with a frying robot, 2F customizable 'Crispick' chicken, 3F platters and Korean drinking snacks (flagship-only dishes).

Korea's first branch of the 150-year-old Tsukishima monjayaki house Moheji, where staff grill the batter at the table; queues of ~4 hours were reported on weekends.

Sushi Tsukamu's D-Tower Seoul Forest branch (Seoul Forest Station connection) serving koshi-aburi nigiri, pressed oshizushi and oversized 'mega sushi'.

Ninth Deulbap Charban store: a 300-seat hanjeongsik restaurant by Cheonho Station serving weekday-lunch set meals, grilled-fish sets and stir-fried baby octopus.

Hyundai Green Food's fourth Korean Eataly and first in Gangnam: a 690 sq m, 154-seat (102 restaurant, 52 cafe) dining-focused store with a Josper charcoal oven, 10 charcoal signature dishes, 20 wood-fired pizzas, a new Italian course and five private dining rooms.

Chipotle's first restaurant in Asia and Korea: a 96-seat counter-service store a few steps from Gangnam Station Exit 10, run by a joint venture with Sangmidang Holdings (Shake Shack Korea operator). Two more Korean stores are planned by end-2026.

Burger King's first-ever global flagship ('Flame Ground') in Seongsu, with exclusive burgers and 'The Gastro', a 10-seat reservation-only 9-dish course built from the Whopper's components. Press preview 25-26 Aug 2026, public grand opening 10 Sep 2026.

Maeil Dairies affiliate M's Seed opened a Lotte World Mall branch of its Neapolitan restaurant with a Seokchon Lake view, a resident pizzaiola (two-category finalist at the 2026 Naples pizza world championship), a Lotte-World-Mall-only 'Frutti di Mare' wood-fired pizza and a seafood plate.

A new-concept Outback themed on Brisbane: 120 seats at 28 tables, a terrace zone, weekday 'Brisbane Brunch' (until 4pm), parfait and premium cake, Coffee Libre beans and TWG tea.

First Korean branch of the Tokyo Nihonbashi kaisen-don chain (founded 2012); signature 'Zeitaku-don' eaten in three stages (sesame-soy sashimi, the bowl, then tai-broth ochazuke). All seats are reservation-only via Naver from 2 to 29 Oct 2026.

Seoul's third AI Robot Show runs 6-8 October 2026 at COEX as part of Smart Life Week, with robot sports, a daily robot parade, a physical AI forum and a Marc Raibert keynote.

CJ CheilJedang's 10th Cuisine K pop-up restaurant: chef Shin Yong-woo (ex-Jordnaer, Rungklum 3-star) runs a 10-course seasonal Korean menu with tea pairing by Hannam's Sansuhwa Tea House for about six months (Tuesday-Saturday).

Broadcaster Jung Hyung-don's first offline tonkatsu shop (his Doni Doni brand returns 13 years after the 2013 labelling controversy), opened with a ceremony on 12 Oct 2026; menus include stir-fried kimchi tonkatsu, tteokbokki tonkatsu and black-batter tonkatsu.

Tim Hortons Korea's first flagship store, themed on Banff National Park with a lake-and-rock exterior, red canoes and wooden decks; exterior rendering released 16 Oct 2026.

The Suneung, the national college entrance exam for the 2027 academic year, runs on Thursday 19 November 2026 from 08:40 in five periods, with offices opening late and flights held back during the English listening test.

Sushi omakase led by Chef Tadashi Murakami (about 40 years' experience), announced by the hotel as 'coming soon' with an opening in November.

Haidilao Korea announced its next branch in Cheongnyangni, scheduled for end of November 2026.

Charcoal-grill izakaya Jodo (previously in Yeouido) announced a long closure from 23 Oct to 2 Nov and a new 50-seat Apgujeong location opposite Dosan Park opening early December 2026.

Bruno Mars closes The Romantic Tour with the last of six nights at Goyang Stadium, billed as Seoul, his first Korean concerts since 2023, with Anderson .Paak guesting as DJ Pee .Wee.

World Youth Day is held in Seoul from 3 to 8 August 2027, the first in South Korea and only the second in Asia after Manila in 1995.

Samseong is the in-fill station between Seoul Station and Suseo on the GTX-A express line, sitting inside the Yeongdongdaero transfer complex in Gangnam. In May 2026 inspectors found 50 of the 80 support columns on the fifth basement level had one layer of reinforcement where the design called for two, and Hyundai Engineering and Construction is covering the roughly 3 billion won repair.

The 82 km GTX-B runs from Incheon National University Station in Songdo through Yeouido, Yongsan, Seoul Station and Cheongnyangni to Maseok in Namyangju, serving 14 stations and cutting the Songdo to central Seoul trip to about 30 minutes. Construction began on 7 March 2024.

Seoul is rebuilding about 350,000 sq m around the Jamsil Sports Complex in Songpa-gu as Korea's largest domed baseball stadium seating 30,000, an 11,000-seat sports hall, 89,000 sq m of exhibition space, 19,000 sq m of convention facilities, hotels and offices. The concessionaire is Seoul Smart MICE Park, led by Hanwha E&C, and the cost is 2.7 trillion won at 2016 prices, about 3.3 trillion won in 2025 terms.