Gungjeong-dong is a dong (neighborhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (Korean: 법정동; Hanja: 法定洞) administered under its administrative dong (행정동; 行政洞), Cheongun-dong.[1][2]
Gungjeong-dong | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 궁정동 |
| • Hanja | 宮井洞 |
| • Revised Romanization | Gungjeong-dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Kungjŏng-dong |
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| Coordinates: 37°35′5″N 126°58′22″E / 37.58472°N 126.97278°E | |
| Country | South Korea |
History
editIn November 1945, Yeom Dong-jin purchased a house in this neighborhood and used it as the headquarters for the right-wing terrorist group the White Shirts Society. Eventually, the house was acquired by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. In 1979, that house served as the location of the assassination of Park Chung Hee.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 궁정동 (Gungjeong-dong 宮井洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The origin of Gungjeong-dong's name" (in Korean). Jongno District official site. Archived from the original on 2004-07-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Bae, Jin-yeong (October 2016), 치열하게 살다 안개처럼 사라져간 韓·中의 反共투사들 [The Korean and Chinese anti-communists who fought fiercely and disappeared like mist], Monthly Chosun (in Korean), retrieved 15 May 2023
- 종로구 (Jongno District 鍾路區) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.[permanent dead link]
- "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro District Official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- "Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.
External links
edit- Jongno District Official site in English
- (in Korean) Jongno District Official site
- (in Korean) Status quo of Jongno District by administrative dong
- (in Korean) Cheongun-dong Resident office
- (in Korean) The origin of Gungjeong-dong's name[permanent dead link]
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