Gungjeong-dong | |
Translit Lang1: | Korean |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Hangul |
Translit Lang1 Info: | 궁정동 |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hanja |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | 宮井洞 |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Gungjeong-dong |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Kungjŏng-dong |
Coordinates: | 37.5847°N 126.9728°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Korea |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Blank Name Sec1: | Dialect |
Gungjeong-dong is a dong (neighborhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Cheongun-dong.[1] [2]
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.