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The Dongdaemun Shopping Center close to Cheonggyechoen, the center of the Hi Seoul Festival has been designated as the second tourism special zone in Jung-gu, Seoul. As a large-scale fashion valley where traditional markets and fashion malls coexist, it is the most sought after by foreigners. It is the largest shopping center with 26 malls and a total of about 30,000 shops.

It is the world’s largest fashion town with about one million visitors and about 2,500 foreign visitors daily. Total sales of the 30,000 or so shops located in the Dongdaemun Shopping Center amount to 40 billion KRW daily or 10 trillion KRW annually.

This area of 585,709㎡ is a new tourist shopping attraction where traditional markets such as the Peace Market, the center of low-value fashion industry, and modern large-scale shopping malls such as Migliore, Doosan Tower, Good Morning City and Hello APM coexist.

GLOWING Britney Spears won a standing ovation at the MTV music awards with compere Russell Brand hailing her appearance the ‘resurrection’ of her showbiz career.

Looking fit and trim, the Toxic singer scooped three gongs for Best Video, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video in front of a global audience of millions. Just a year after her public breakdown, 26-year-old Britney was thanking “God first and foremost for blessing me like this.”

She also gave a heartfelt thanks to her legions of fans for standing by her, adding: “This means a lot. Thank you so much. Thank you all for the love.” However the star offered no further insight into her mental state and refused to speak to reporters later. She also disappointed fans who expected her to sing. Britney shot to fame 10 years ago aged 16, when she appeared on TV screens pouting and twirling in a schoolgirl’s uniform in the video for her hit Baby One More Time.

She was catapulted to world stardom and raked in millions of dollars - but the fame was to cost her heavily. After 83 million record sales, two marriages, two divorces, two children, a lost custody battle and reported drug abuse, the young star went into melt-down.

Motley Crue has announced it will kick off “Crue Fest 2008,” a two-month tour being billed as the summer’s “Loudest Show on Earth,” beginning in July. So far, the Crue tour dates are scheduled in 40 major cities beween July and August. The touring rock festival will also feature Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx: A.M. and Trapt.

The band’s new album, “Saints of Los Angeles,” is scheduled to hit shelves on June 17. The album marks the first time in more than a decade that the original members have recorded in the studio. “Rock Band” is a game that challenges players to put together a band, master lead and bass guitar, drums and vocals, and go on tour. The single was released as a downloadable, playable track through “Rock Band” on Tuesday. It’s currently available for download for 99 cents via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and will also become available Thursday via the Playstation Store.