| Park Chung-hee's House in Sindang-dong, Seoul | |||||||||||
| Address: | 25 Dasan-ro 36ga-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 37.5614°N 127.0197°W | ||||||||||
| Floor Area: | 128.93m2 | ||||||||||
| Floor Count: | 2 (1 underground, 1 above) | ||||||||||
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A family home of former South Korean President Park Chung Hee is located in Sindang-dong, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It was designated a National Registered Cultural Heritage of South Korea on October 10, 2008,[1] and has been preserved as a history museum that is open to the public.[2]
Park and his children, including his daughter future president Park Geun-hye, lived in the home from May 1958 to August 1961.[3] After Park seized power in the 1961 May 16 coup, he moved out of the home, but still owned it until his 1979 assassination. After Park's death, Park Geun-hye returned to the home and lived there alone for a year.[4]
The building has two floors, with one above ground and one underground. The building takes up 123.97m2 and has a floor area of .[5]
In 2015, it was reported that the museum saw around 200 visitors a day, who were mainly older South Korean conservatives. The building is now owned by a foundation established in memory of Park's wife, Yuk Young-soo.