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    Jongno District (Korean: 종로구; RR: Jongno-gu) is a district (gu) in Seoul, South Korea. It is the historic center of Seoul that contains Gyeongbokgung,...
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    Jongno or Jong-ro (Korean: 종로; lit. Bell Street) is a trunk road and one of the oldest major east–west thoroughfares in Seoul, South Korea. Jongno connects...
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    Business District or Sadaemun-An is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul...
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  • or neighborhoods. Some gu have only a few dong while others (like Jongno District) have a very large number of distinct neighborhoods. 2014 estimate...
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    legislative election and losing his own election for the constituency in Jongno District, Seoul, Hwang resigned as party leader. On 10 March 2021, Hwang announced...
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    will continue to stay in Jongno District, Seoul. National Security Council (국가안전보장회의) will continue to stay in Jongno District, Seoul. National Unification...
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    Seongbuk District separated from the district in 1949, and Changsin Dong and Sungin Dong were given to Jongno District in 1975. An additional 17 dong (neighborhoods)...
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    Dongdaemun (category Buildings and structures in Jongno District)
    surrounded Seoul during the Joseon period. The gate is located at Jongno 6-ga in Jongno District. The structure was first built by King Taejo during his fifth...
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  • joint production of the Check-in Hanyang at the Dong-a Media Center in Jongno District, Seoul. On April 26, 2024, Bae In-hyuk, Kim Ji-eun, Jung Gun-joo, and...
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  • Liberation Day of Korea, and its original location was in Jongno District and Yongsan District (after Jongno), Seoul. Dankook University has a global affiliate...
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    Bukchon Hanok Village (category Neighborhoods of Jongno District)
    Bukchon Hanok Village (Korean: 북촌한옥마을) is a residential neighborhood in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It has many restored traditional Korean houses...
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    Jeongjo of Joseon (category People from Jongno District)
    Jeongjo (Korean: 정조; Hanja: 正祖; 28 October 1752 – 18 August 1800), personal name Yi San (이산; 李祘), sometimes called Jeongjo the Great (정조대왕; 正祖大王), was...
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    Tapgol Park (category Jongno District)
    (Korean: 탑골 공원), formerly Pagoda Park, is a public park located at 99 Jongno, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is 1.50561 ha (3.7204 acres) in area. The...
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  • Sejong the Great (category People from Jongno District)
    Sejong (Korean: 세종; Hanja: 世宗; 15 May 1397 – 30 March 1450), personal name Yi To (이도; 李祹), commonly known as Sejong the Great (세종대왕; 世宗大王), was the fourth...
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    areas frequented by Bacchus Ladies, primarily in Seoul's north-central Jongno District. Seoul police conduct periodic crackdowns on Bacchus Ladies, but women...
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    Bae Doona (category People from Jongno District)
    and the sci-fi limited series The Silent Sea (2021). Bae was born in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Growing up, she accompanied her mother, Kim Hwa-young [ko]...
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    Jongno Tower (Korean: 종로 타워) is a 33-story office building in Jongno, Seoul. Its top floor is equipped with a restaurant and bar which closed in 2022,...
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    Jongno (Korean: 종로구) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency only consists of the Jongno District, Seoul. As of 2020...
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    Yi Won (category People from Jongno District)
    the 9th son of Prince Yi Kang by one of his partners at Hyehwa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul. He attended the Sangmun High School during 1979–1981 and completed...
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    domestic-international public college preparatory school situated in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea, offering a Korean Curriculum. SGHS's educational...
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    his death in 1990.[citation needed] Yun Posun died at Anguk-dong, Jongno District, Seoul at the age of 92. He was accorded a state funeral by President...
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    Jongno-dong (Korean: 종로동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Jongno-1.2.3.4 ga-dong Jongno-5.6 ga-dong v t e...
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    Samcheong-dong (category Neighborhoods of Jongno District)
    Samcheong-dong (Korean: 삼청동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It lies north of Jongno and east of Gyeongbokgung. This hilly neighborhood...
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  • museum association (in Korean) List of museums in South Korea (in Korean) Museums in Jongno District, Seoul (in Korean) List of museums in South Korea...
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    Daehangno (category Neighborhoods of Jongno District)
    Daehang-no (Korean: 대학로; lit. college street) is a area in Jongno District within Downtown Seoul. Formerly known as Sunggyo-bang (숭교방; 崇敎坊; lit. high...
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    Yi Sang (category People from Jongno District)
    Kim Haegyŏng (Korean: 김해경; Hanja: 金海卿; September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known by his art name Yi Sang (이상; 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived...
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    Agency (KCIA) safe house near the Blue House presidential compound in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It was the first assassination of a head of state...
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  • Yi Yung-jun (category People from Jongno District)
    Yi Yung-jun (Korean: 이융준; Hanja: 李隆俊; 22 November 1858 – 25 May 1859) was an heir presumptive of Joseon (wonja, 원자, 元子) as the only son of Yi Byeon, King...
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    to the west, and the Seoul city districts of Mapo to the southwest, Seodaemun District to the south, and Jongno District to the east. Kim Mi-kyung of the...
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    Jongmyo (category Buildings and structures in Jongno District)
    Jongmyo (Korean: 종묘) is a Confucian royal ancestral shrine in the Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea. It was originally built during the Joseon period...
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