An exhibit of the birthplace and childhood home of President Park Chung Hee (Korean: 박정희 대통령 생가) is currently located in Sangmo-dong [ko], Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

The exhibit consists of a number of buildings, including an anchae, a sarangchae, and a memorial hall to Park and his wife.

His childhood home originally consisted of an anchae (larger building for women) and a sarangchae (used mainly by men).

[3] Both buildings were made with tree branches and mud mixed with straw, and had thatched roofs and dirt floors.

He wrote in his 2012 biography of Park: "The shrine-like appearance of the reconstructed house seems an inaccurate recreation of the original, which I saw in an old photo".

[3][4] In addition to these two buildings, a memorial hall commemorating Park and his wife Yuk Young-soo is right next to the compound.

The anchae was constructed facing north, in order to have the trees and a nearby hill block the wind.

The youngest of seven children, Park was born in the largest room of the sarangchae[3] and lived there until he graduated from Taegu Normal School [ko] in 1937.

In 2000, a number of progressive social groups and historians formed a coalition entitled "National Solidarity Against the Park Chung Hee Memorial Hall" (박정희기념관 반대 국민연대) to protest its creation.

[8] Around 3 p.m. on December 1, 2016,[6] a man poured paint thinner in the inside of the memorial hall and set it on fire.

[9][10] The man had a history of similar crimes; for example, in December 2012, he set fire to the birthplace of President Roh Tae-woo and served an 18-month suspended prison term.

[14] Members of the Gumi branch of the organization People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy described the memorials and the significant amount of public money used to make them as "excessive hero worship that has no economic benefits".

Lee called Yoon's visit "a cynical attempt at shoring up political support before next year's vital parliamentary election".