Tongin-dong

Tongin-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul통인동
 • Hanja通仁洞
 • Revised RomanizationTongin-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerT'ongin-tong
CountrySouth Korea

Tongin-dong (Korean: 통인동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 法定洞) administered under its administrative dong (행정동 行政洞), Hyoja-dong.[1][2]

Tongin Market in Tongin-dong is on the Seoul list of Asia's 10 greatest street food cities for the tteokbokki.[3]

The famed Korean king Sejong the Great was born in this area; during that time, the area was called Junsubang (준수방). There is a small placard dedicated to Sejong on a main street in this area. The house of writer Yi Sang is also in the area.[4]

  1. ^ 통인동 (Tongin-dong 通仁洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ "Origin of Tongin-dong's name" (in Korean). Jongno District official site. Archived from the original on 2004-08-21. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  3. ^ Goldberg, Lina "Asia's 10 greatest street food cities" Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine CNN Go. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11
  4. ^ 유, 연태 (April 16, 2012). 오래된 골목에서 역사의 온기를 느낀다, 서울 세종마을. VisitKorea.or.kr. Retrieved June 30, 2024.