Located in Dongdaemun District, Seoul, Jeongdong Market is one of the largest herbal medicine markets in South Korea. Since its founding in 1960, the market has supplied 70 percent of the country's herbal medicine ingredients. It has more than 1,000 related stores and oriental medicine clinics in The area, and the market also operates as a wholesale and retail market that sells agricultural and fish products on an area of approximately 300,000 square meters.