COEX Mall

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COEX Mall

Korean name
Hangul:	코엑스몰
Revised Romanization:	COEX Mall
McCune-Reischauer:	COEX Mall

COEX Mall courtyard

COEX Mall is an underground shopping mall located in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea, and is the largest shopping center in Seoul.^{[citation needed]} It is located at Samseong Station on Seoul Metro Line 2, at the intersection of Teheranno and Yeongdong Dae-ro. It is the largest underground mall in Asia with an area of about 85,000 square meters.^{[citation needed]}

The COEX Mall is often crowded, and it is a popular place for people in Seoul to go on the weekend. Along with countless shops, the mall houses two food courts, a 16-screen multi-cinema complex, a world-class aquarium attraction, a mega-scale bookstore and the Kimchi Museum. It also features a game area sponsored by Microsoft Xbox in which people can play console game systems for free. This area is often used to film computer game tournaments (for which South Korea is well known) which are broadcast on local television. There are also stages inside and outside the mall which are utilized for public appearances by celebrities and seasonal events.

The COEX Mall is adjacent to the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, which is also part of the South Korean World Trade Center complex.