Cheongnyangni 588 | |
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 Cheongnyangni 588 in 2013 | |
  Cheongnyangni 588 Location in Seoul | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′41″N 127°02′41″E / 37.57806°N 127.04472°E | |
| District | Dongdaemun District |
| City | Seoul |
| Area | |
• Total | 4 ha (10 acres) |
Cheongnyangni 588 (Korean: 청량리 588; Hanja: 淸凉里 588) is a now-defunct red-light district in Dongdaemun District, Seoul, South Korea. It was located near the Cheongnyangni station.[1] By 2022, last brothels were closed, with new construction occurring in the area.[2]
Cheongnyangni is often referred to as "Oh Pal Pal", meaning "five eight eight" in Korean possibly due to a bus which once passed through the area.[3] At its peak in the 1980s, it housed 200 brothels and 500 prostitutes, and was the largest red-light district in Seoul.[3][4]
- ^ Ghosh, Subhro Prakash (20 March 2018). "Sex Trade At Cheongnyangni 588 Is A History, Commercial Complexes And Malls To Be Developed". koreaportal. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Jae-hee, Choi (2022-03-06). "[Subway Stories] Seoul's once-thriving red-light district fades into history". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ a b Se-jeong, Kim (23 February 2017). "Curtain falling on Seoul's red-light district called 588". The Korea Times. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "韓国ソウル最大の色街オーパルパルの昔と今" (in Japanese). KoreaWorldTimes. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2020-05-19.