Gungjeong-dong

Gungjeong-dong is a dong, a neighbourhood, of Jongno-gu in 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
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul궁정동
 • Hanja宮井洞
 • Revised RomanizationGungjeong-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerKungchong-tong
Coordinates: 37°35′5″N 126°58′22″E
CountrySouth Korea

History

In 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

References
  1. "궁정동 (Gungjeong-dong 宮井洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  2. "The origin of Gungjeong-dong's name" (in Korean). Jongno-gu official site. Archived from the original on 2004-07-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. 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 Magazine (in Korean), retrieved 15 May 2023


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