Namyeong-dong | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | |
• Hanja | |
• Revised Romanization | Namyeong-dong |
• McCune–Reischauer | Namyŏng-tong |
Country | South Korea |
Area | |
• Total | 1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 7,980 |
• Density | 6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Namyeong-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea. 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.