Yeongdeungpo District

Administrative divisions

Yeongdeungpo District is divided into the following "dong"s.

• Dangsan-dong (Hangul: 당산동; Hanja: 堂山洞) (divided into Dangsan 1 and 2-dong)
• Daerim-dong (Hangul: 대림동; Hanja: 大林洞) (divided into Daerim 1, 2, and 3-dong)
• Dorim-dong (Hangul: 도림동; Hanja: 道林洞) (Dorim 1 and 2-dong were combined in September 2008)
• Mullae-dong (Hangul: 문래동; Hanja: 文來洞) (divided into Mullae 1 and 2-dong)
• Singil-dong (Hangul: 신길동; Hanja: 新吉洞) (divided into Singil 1 to 7-dong)
• Yangpyeong-dong (Hangul: 양평동; Hanja: 楊坪洞) (divided into Yangpyeong 1 and 2-dong)
  • Yanghwa-dong (Hangeul: 양화동; Hanja: 楊花洞)
• Yeongdeungpo-dong (Hangul: 영등포동; Hanja: 永登浦洞) (divided into Yeongdeungpo-dong and Yeongdeungpobon-dong (Hangeul: 영등포본동; Hanja: 永登浦本洞))
• Yeouido-dong (Hangul: 여의도동; Hanja: 汝矣島洞)

Yeongdeungpo District office (영등포구청) is located immediately adjacent to Yeongdeungpo District office station on Seoul Metro Line 2.[5]

Times Square is a large shopping mall located closed to Yeongdeungpo Station and connected to an adjoining Shinsegae department store which in turns is connected to Yeongdeungpo Station. It is one of Seoul's largest shopping malls, featuring the CGV Starium, the world's largest permanent 35 mm cinema screen. Construction of Times Square started in 2006 on the site of a former Kyungbang plant in Yeongdeungpo, and lasted for three years.[12] The construction cost a total of 600 billion won. On September 16, 2009, the mall officially opened, welcoming an average of 210,000 people per day.[13]

Yeouido is home to many of Korea's tallest skyscrapers. One of the oldest and most well-known is the 63 building, located on the eastern side of Yeouido. It was opened in 1985 to coincide with the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and intended to demonstrate Korea's economic success. The building is 250m tall and was the tallest building in country until 2003. The 60th floor houses the world's highest art gallery while the 63rd floor contains an observation deck known as the 63 Golden Tower. The 58th and 59th floors both features restaurants. The lower floors house an indoor shopping mall with approximately 90 stores, an IMAX theater, and a large aquarium. A convention center and banquet hall are also housed within the building.

Also within Yeouido is the International Finance Center (IFC). The IFC was opened in 2012 and includes the office towers, Conrad Hotel and the IFC Mall. The IFC mall hosts a large number of shops including major international brands. The center of the mall includes a large atrium with glass pavilion which extends above ground level.[14] The mall itself occupies four floors below ground. [15]

Parc1 tower is the newest development in Yeouido with its primary feature being the 334 tall main tower. The development features 2 main office towers, a Fairmont Hotel (due to open in 2021) and a Hyundai Department Store (due to open in 2020 but pushed back to 2021).[16][17][18] Hyundai have indicated that they will open an Amazon Go store with the department store, one of the first outside the USA.[19]

Yeouido is also home to the Korean National Assembly Building which opened in 1975. South Korea's unicameral legislature meets within the building and numerous of buildings and institutions associated with the assembly are located nearby.

The Korean Broadcasting System(KBS) New Wing Open Hall is located in Yeouido-dong. It is the broadcast and recording centre of many KBS programmes with a studio audience, namely the live weekly music show Music Bank.[20]

In 2017 the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) and the Seoul Metropolitan Government opened SeMA Bunker, a museum occupying a previously undiscovered military bunker in Yeouido.[21] The bunker was discovered in 2005 during groundwork for a bus transfer station. No official records of the bunker have been found but historians believe it was constructed for Park Chung Hee in 1976-1977 on account of the fact that large-scale military parades took place above the bunker on May 16 Square (now Yeouido Park).[22]

Mullae-dong was previously a successful industrial area developed in 1960s as industry left the Cheonggyecheon in Jongno-gu and relocated to Mullae-dong.[23] However, the growth of industry in the area declined in the 1990s as the Asian Financial Crisis had a considerable effect on the South Korean economy.[24] In the 2000s, the availability of empty commercial buildings attracted artists to the area and in 2013 the Korean government officially supported to the concept. Mullae Art Village has become a popular leisure destination and is home to a large number of eateries, bars and other related venues, as well as a considerable number of workshops which are still in operation.[25]

Yeongdeungpo district is served by the Gyeongbu Line which runs through the center of the district with trains calling at Yeongdeungpo Station. Services include Korail KTX, ITX, Mungunghwa and tourist trains. The Gyeongbu line is considered to be one of the most important rail lines in Korea and its strategic importance goes back to the early 20th century during the Japanese occupation period. Yeongdeungpo Station is the last station within Seoul and since 1974 the Gyeongbu line and Seoul Metro Line 1 tracks have been integrated and electrified up until Yeongdeungpo Station (further electrification of the line southwards took place in later years).

• Gyeongbu Line

(Gwangmyeong Station) ← Yeongdeungpo Station → (Yongsan Station)

Great Train Express (GTX) is a planned higher-speed commuter rail network in the Seoul Capital Area project consisting of three separate lines, named GTX A, GTX B and GTX C, and scheduled for completion in 2025. As currently planned (2021), GTX B will connect Songdo in Incheon with Maseok in Namyangju, with trains calling at eleven stations inbetween including Yeouido. According to the Korean government, GTX B will be completed in 2021.[26]

• GTX B

(Sindorim Station) ← Yeouido Station → (Yongsan Station)

The oldest subway line in Korea, Line 1, runs through the center of Yeongdeungpo District, serving Yeongdeungpo Station, Singil Station & Deabang Station. The line first opened in 1974 as the Korean National Railroad of Seoul with through services to national mainline railways from Seongbuk Station (now: Kwangwoon University Station) to Incheon and Suwon Stations. Prior to 2000, the underground section of Line 1 between Seoul Station and Cheongnyangni Station was colored red on metro maps while the above-ground section was colored gray or blue. After 2000, the service was combined and colored dark blue. On average, trains run every 6-9 minutes on the section between Seoul Station and Guro (the section serving Yeongdeungpo Station).

• Seoul Subway Line 1

(Dongjak-gu) ← Daebang — Singil — Yeongdeungpo → (Guro-gu)

• Seoul Metro

• Seoul Subway Line 2 Euljiro Circle Line

(Guro-gu) ← Mullae — Yeongdeungpo-gu Office — Dangsan → (Mapo-gu)

• Seoul Subway Line 5

(Yangcheon-gu) ← Yangpyeong — Yeongdeungpo-gu Office — Yeongdeungpo Market — Singil — Yeouido — Yeouinaru → (Mapo-gu)

• Seoul Subway Line 7

(Dongjak-gu) ← Boramae — Sinpung — Daerim → (Guro-gu)

• Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 9

(Yangcheon-gu) ← Seonyudo — Dangsan — National Assembly — Yeouido — Saetgang → (Dongjak-gu)

In addition to the existing subway services, two additional lines are currently under development. The Sillim Line is currently under construction and will connect Saetgang and Daebang in Yeongdeungpo district with stations in Dongjak district and Gwanak district with the final station at Seoul National University. Another line, the Mokdong Line, is also under development with construction due to commence in 2021. The Mokdong Line will connect Dangsan Station with stations in Yangcheon district, the final station being Sinwol Station.

Yeongdeungpo District is served by all types of buses operated in Seoul and its environs: green (local), blue (city), red (express) and white/green (Gyeonnggi). Gyeongin-ro, a major thoroughfare running from the south west to the north east, is a major bus route connecting the district with Incheon, Bucheon, Gwangmyeong and elsewhere. Gyeongin-ro links with Yeouiseo-ro/Yeoui-daero at Yeouido on which there is a large bus transfer center located in front of the IFC mall.

Olympic-daero (also known as Olympic Boulevard) runs alongside the south bank of the Han River and through Yeongdeungpo District. Construction of the road began in 1982 and was completed in 1986. The 8-lane highway is 40.67 km long and connects Yeongdeungpo with Incheon and Gimpo international airports as well as Gangnam and Songpa in the east.

• Seoul Sports Graduate University[27]
• Berea International Theological Seminary

• Janghun High School
• Hangang Media High School
• Seonyu High School
• Yeongdeungpo Girls' High School
• Youngshin High School
• Yeouido Girls' High School
• Yeouido High School
• Daeyoung High School
• Gwanak High School

• Yeouido Middle School
• Munrae Middle School
• Seonyu Middle School
• Yoon Middle School
• Yanghwa Middle School
• Dangsanseo Middle School
• Dangsan Middle School
• Youngwon Middle School

• Seoul Yeongdong Elementary School
• Seoul Yeongjung Elementary School
• Dangjung Elementary School
• Yunjung Elementary School
• Munrae Elementary School
• Dangsan Elementary School
• Yeongwon Elementary School
• Dorim Elementary School
• Yeouido Elementary School

• Yeong deng pou Korea Chinese primary school (永登浦華僑小學/한국영등포화교소학교)[28]