Tongin-dong

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Tongin-dong ({{korean|hangul=통인동}}) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 {{linktext|法|定|洞}}) administered under its administrative dong (행정동 {{linktext|行|政|洞}}), Hyoja-dong.{{cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=763396&contentno=763396 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122021457/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=763396&contentno=763396 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-22 |script-title=ko:통인동 (Tongin-dong 通仁洞) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-22 |language=Korean }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/intro/history.jsp?dp=2&id=8 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040821053408/http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/intro/history.jsp?dp=2&id=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-08-21 |publisher=Jongno District official site |title=Origin of Tongin-dong's name |accessdate=2008-04-22 |language=Korean}}

Tongin Market in Tongin-dong is on the Seoul list of Asia's 10 greatest street food cities for the tteokbokki.Goldberg, Lina [http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/eat/asia-street-food-cities-612721?page=0,7 "Asia's 10 greatest street food cities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325173337/http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/eat/asia-street-food-cities-612721?page=0%2C7 |date=2012-03-25 }} CNN Go. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11

The famed Korean king Sejong the Great was born in this area; during that time, the area was called Junsubang ({{Korean|hangul=준수방|labels=no}}). 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.{{Cite web |last=유 |first=연태 |date=April 16, 2012 |script-title=ko:오래된 골목에서 역사의 온기를 느낀다, 서울 세종마을 |url=https://korean.visitkorea.or.kr/detail/rem_detail.do?cotid=c7d3e28a-27a3-4f15-a203-d8643db53b4e |access-date=June 30, 2024 |website=VisitKorea.or.kr}}