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43 YBM SISA D7

44 YOO'S FAMILY F1

Sleeping

45 BEEWON GUESTHOUSE F2

46 FRASER SUITES D4

47 GUESTHOUSE KOREA F1

48 HOTEL SUNBEE B4

49 MOON GUEST HOUSE E2

50 NOBLE HOTEL F1

51 SAERIM HOTEL B4

52 YMCA TOURIST HOTEL C7

Information

53 INSA-DONG TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE B4

54 North Insadong Tourist Information Centre B2

55 South Insadong Tourist Information Centre D6

56 SUDO PHARMACY C4

TAPGOL PARK
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(Jung-ro, Insa-dong; 9am-6pm; Line 1 or 5 to Jongno 3-ga, Exit 1 or 5) Opened in 1897, Tapgol is a
symbol of Korean resistance to Japanese rule. On 1 March 1919, Son Byeong-hui and 32
others signed and read aloud a Declaration of Independence (a copy in English can be
read on the memorial plaque). Many of them were high-school teachers, 16 were Cheon-
dogyo followers, 15 were Protestant Christians and two, including poet-monk Young-un,
were Buddhists. All were arrested and locked up in the notorious Seodaemun Prison. A
torrent of protest against Japan followed in Seoul and throughout Korea, but the samil (1
March) movement was ruthlessly suppressed. Hundreds of independence fighters were