Namyeong-dong

Namyeong-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul 남영동
 • Hanja 南營洞
 • Revised Romanization Namyeong-dong
 • McCune–Reischauer Namyŏng-tong
Country South Korea
Area
 • Total 1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Population (2013)[1]
 • Total 7,980
 • Density 6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)

Namyeong-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea.[2][3] Namyeong-dong is famous in Korea for being the place where many acts of torture occurred in the 1970s and the 1980s. Indeed, the headquarters of the KCIA was in Namyeongdong.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.yongsan.go.kr/pms/board/detail.do?boardidn=73&sitecdv=S0000100&decorator=pmsweb&menucdv=03040100&boardseqn=159&mode=detail1&budget=03&currentPage=0
  2. ↑ "남영동 (Namyeong-dong 南營洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  3. ↑ "The origin of dongs in Yongsan-gu" (in Korean). Yongsan-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2466786/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

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