Osoe-dong | |
Translit Lang1: | Korean |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Hangul |
Translit Lang1 Info: | 오쇠동 |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hanja |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | 五釗洞 |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Osoe-dong |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Osoe-tong |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Hangul |
Translit Lang2 Type1: | Hanja |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Korea |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Blank Name Sec1: | Dialect |
Osoe-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동) managed by its administrative dong (행정동), Gonghang-dong.[1]
Asiana Airlines maintains its headquarters, Asiana Town, in Osoe-dong.[2]
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]