Gungjeong-dong is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) of

Jongno District upright=1, Bosingak bell pavilion Jongno District () is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It is the historic center of Seoul that contains Gyeongbokgung, the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, and the Blue House, the for ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. It is a legal dong () administered under its administrative dong (),

Cheongun-dong Cheongun-dong is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Attraction * Gyeongbokgung * Cheongwadae See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions ...

History

In November 1945,

Yeom Dong-jin Yeom Dong-jin (; February 14, 1909 – after June 24, 1950), also known as Yeom Eung-taek, was a Korean far-right militant and independence activist. He was the main founder and leader of the White Shirts Society, a secret fascist terrorist ...

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 The National Intelligence Service (NIS; ) is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; ), during the rule of general Park Chung Hee's military Sup ...

. In 1979, that house served as the location of the

assassination of Park Chung Hee On October 26, 1979, Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was assassinated during a dinner at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safe house near the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South ...

References

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External links

Jongno District Official site in English

Jongno District Official site

Status quo of Jongno District by administrative dong

Cheongun-dong Resident office

The origin of Gungjeong-dong's name
Neighborhoods of Jongno District {{Seoul-geo-stub