The JDC-Jeju Weekly Junior Journalists visited the Jeju City Traditional 5-day Market on Oct. 26. The market is located at the edge of Shin Jeju, Jeju City, near Seo Middle School. There are dozens and dozens of vendors who work there five days out of the month, and each of them have a story to tell.

Gang Cheol Ho has sold plants in the 5-day market for 33 years. He originally bought the booth because there were lots of people who visit the market. He says he feels a sense of pride when customers say that his flowers are beautiful.

Go Seok Hong, who has sold traditional Korean snacks for a total of 32 years, says “I had sold them in Sarabong for 18 years, but the cost of doing business was so expensive that I moved to the 5-day market.”

Im Jeong Sik, a six-year market veteran, said that because of the rising price of fish, customers buy less fish than before.

Kim Yeong Nae has sold traditional supplies and goods for ancestor-honoring ceremonies for 40 years. She says communicating with customers is her greatest source of happiness.

And all the vendors interviewed said that despite the occasional inconvenience, it is good to sell things in the Jeju City Traditional 5-day Market.

And all the vendors interviewed said that despite the occasional incon-venience, it is good to sell things in the Jeju City Traditional 5-day Market.