Ssangmun-dong

Ssangmun-dong (Korean: 쌍문동; IPA: [s͈a̠ŋmundo̞ŋ]) is a dong (neighborhood) of Dobong District, Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2]

Ssangmun-dong
Neighbourhood
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	쌍문동
• Hanja	雙門洞
• Revised Romanization	Ssangmun-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Ssangmun-dong
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	84,893
• Density	30,000/km2 (78,000/sq mi)

Name

The name of the neighbourhood literally means two doors and originated from the fact the region used to have two yeolnyeomun—a special door awarded to a yeolnyeo (or "virtuous woman").^[3]

In popular culture

The location has been used in many South Korean shows because the area was once home to a lot of old buildings and alleyways, and is characterised as a place where rather impoverished people live. This makes it easier for writers to establish "rags to riches" stories and to communicate a sense of warmth to the audience and a place with nostalgic quality.^[4] The location was popularized internationally by the 2015 Korean drama Reply 1988 and the 2021 Netflix series Squid Game, where it was the home of Seong Gi-hun and his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo.^[5]

• Dooly the Little Dinosaur^[6]
• Old Miss Diary^[7]
• Reply 1988^[5]
• Squid Game^[5]
• The Bathhouse People^[7]
• Yeongsimi^[8]