Bumingwan

Bumingwan (Korean: 부민관; Hanja: 府民館; MR: Pumin'gwan; Modified Hepburn: Fuminkan) is a historic building in Seoul, South Korea.

[1] In 1937, after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the building became a center for coordinating propaganda and the forced mobilization of Koreans.

The attack occurred just weeks before the surrender of Japan, the liberation of Korea, and the end of the Korean independence movement.

[1] General John R. Hodge, head of the military government, hosted a series of meetings in the building in September 1945.

Shortly afterwards, the Korean War began, and the theater company fled to Daegu for safety.

Monument to the bombing incident at the building (2009)