Ssangmun-dong

Ssangmun-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Dobong District in Seoul, South Korea.

Name
The name of the neighbourhood literally means two doors and originated from the fact the region used to have two yeolnyeomun—a special door awarded to a yeolnyeo (or "virtuous woman").

In popular culture
The location has been used in many South Korean shows because the area was once home to a lot of old buildings and alleyways, and is characterised as a place where rather impoverished people live. This makes it easier for writers to establish "rags to riches" stories and to communicate a sense of warmth to the audience and a place with nostalgic quality. The location was popularized internationally by the 2015 Korean drama Reply 1988 and the 2021 Netflix hit series Squid Game.


 * Dooly the Little Dinosaur
 * Old Miss Diary
 * Reply 1988
 * Squid Game
 * ''The Bathhouse People
 * Yeongsimi