Myeongdong moves fast. The main pedestrian street is rarely quiet, the vendors are determined, and by evening the whole area smells like hotteok and grilled corn. It’s a lot, in the best way, and it’s the neighborhood most visitors to Seoul end up in at least once, whether they planned it or not. The district is small enough to navigate without getting lost and lively enough to fill an entire day without running out of things to do. Shopping is the obvious draw, and Myeongdong delivers on that completely with international brands alongside Korean labels, K-beauty stores stacked three floors high, and duty-free options that save real money if you…