The sign for Asiana Town (아시아나타운), the Asiana Airlines headquarters

Osoe-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 法定洞) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 行政洞), Gonghang-dong.[1]

Asiana Airlines maintains its headquarters, Asiana Town, in Osoe-dong.[2]

History

The name of the town originated from the fact that the region had five people who used to make iron crossbows in another place and took refuge.The region also had a sacred tree used for religious rituals.

From 1942, the Japanese constructed an airfield. After independence the airfield became the Gimpo airport.

In 1992, the original inhabitants of the town left with some compensations from the government to use the land for the airport[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "오쇠동 (Osoe-dong 五釗洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  2. ^ "For foreigners residing in Korea Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved on July 28, 2009.
  3. ^ "죽은 마을' 오쇠동에도 봄은 올까". OhmyNews.

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