Name: Shopping in Korea’s Abandoned Tech Mall
Uploaded: 2026-03-30T21:33:30.000Z
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One day I will go on vacation and pack all the tech that I need,

I was still in the Uber to the airport when I realized that I didn't have the webcam or high-quality microphone that I needed for the WAN show, which means I've got two options.

I could end a five-year streak of weekly WAN shows, or I can venture out once again in search of an Asian tech mall that has what I need.

Welcome to Yongsan Electronics Market, which, according to Flip Korea, is the largest in the country, boasting about 5,000 stores across more than 20 buildings.

Now, I won't be exploring all of them; at least I hope I won't need to,

but it seems like a pretty good chance I'm going to end up in more than one because, unlike some of my previous adventures, I don't have a local guide or even anyone who speaks the language.

And if this recent conversation on Reddit, as well as TripAdvisor, is anything to go by, it seems like this place can be a bit of a challenge if you don't know exactly where you're going and exactly what you're looking for.

Things aren't looking much different on the second floor.

There's not a ton of people here considering that this is a weekday afternoon.

What I would also love to see is any peripherals,

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According to Wikipedia, Sunin Plaza is the place to start if you're looking for computers and computer accessories.

And right out of the gate, literally the gate, I think we're looking pretty good here, which is kind of a relief because honestly, getting here was a bit of a bear.

Anywhere but China, I'm accustomed to using Google Maps,

but here, because of a data sharing agreement, or rather lack of an agreement that the South Korean government has with Google, we instead use Naver, which has some stuff that's really good about it.

I actually found the walking instructions to be freaking outstanding, but it's not really super English optimized.

And in fact, even just searching for this plaza on it didn't bring up any results.

So I've had to look things up on Google and then cross-reference with Naver in order to find any specific building.

I was about to say, "Look, look, they have RAM," but they actually don't.

One thing that doesn't seem to have hit, at least too hard here yet though, is storage shortages.

Lots of hard drives at this shop, not to mention plenty of SSDs.

I'm already noticing a pattern I've read about online where a lot of things don't have pricing and you're just kind of expected to haggle.

Yeah, the price buddy gave me for that was about 247 US dollars, which isn't ridiculous,

but it is about 40 USD more than if I just bought it from Newegg.

One nice thing if you're looking for a deal though is there seems to be just tons of secondhand stuff here.

Even the shops that seem to deal predominantly in brand new hardware will unashamedly put, you know, older used CPUs on display.

What I would also love to see is any peripherals.

What I'm really here for is a microphone, remember?

With that said, I don't want to buy the first thing that I find, especially when there could be deals to be had.

I was on my way to explore other options and I came across this bin of Logitech G102 mice for 7 US dollars each.

but for my webcam and my microphone, I'd be pretty stoked.

I do wonder some of the deals are because this place has kind of fallen on hard times though.

A lot of the stuff piled up in here seems to be e-waste and there's not a ton of people here considering that this is a weekday afternoon.

On the one hand, there's all this inventory and there's plenty of staff,

but it just feels kind of like a ghost town.

I'm back on the second floor now then where, with my fresh perspective, things seem a little more alive.

Not gonna lie, this place kind of hopped me.

People trying out all the different mechanical keyboards.

Made my way back to that first shop where I found the Razer mic.

I haven't even seen the first floor yet and some of these shops look big.

And in fact, I don't even know if I'm allowed in there.

I think it might just be a pickup location, which might explain the very limited foot traffic here.

Apparently, there's someone here who speaks English.

At least enough that the rest of the staff is bullying him into trying.

I really don't know if that's gonna work out for me.

All they have is the most basic of webcams and no desktop microphones.

According to my new bros at the knock-to-a-store, I might be better off trying Electroland.

We are done at this building and moving on to the next one.

All right, it might be time to adjust my objective here.

I mean, even back home, I can't think of anywhere that I would go to buy a bougie webcam.

I just find some kind of phone tripod and then as long as I can find a decent microphone, then I'm GG.