Itaewon Books (Korean: 이태원북스), formerly Itaewon Foreign Bookstore,[1][2] is a secondhand bookstore in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea that specializes in English-language books.
Founded in 1973, it is the oldest English-only secondhand bookstore in Seoul.
[1][2] It is designated Seoul Future Heritage and has remained a family business.
[1] It opened in 1973 and was founded by Choi Ki-woong; Choi continued to operate the business until 2011.
He gathered texts he could find that were in English, including American department store catalogues, novels, and magazines and sold them to bookstores in Seoul.