Attraction
Central Post Office
서울 우정총국
Official name
About this place
Seoul Post Office General Bureau was the government office that introduced modern postal services. It was established in 1884, in month 4, on the recommendation of Hong Yeong-sik after he returned from studying new postal systems in Japan and the United States. The present office building was created in 1884, in month 11, by repairing an annex of the royal medical office. At its opening celebration on 12/4 that year, Kim Ok-gyun, Park Yeong-hyo, Seo Gwang-beom and Hong Yeong-sik launched the Gapsin Coup to remove the Min administration and form a new government. All annexes except the main building burned down, and postal services stopped. Service resumed only in 1893 under the name Jeonu Chongguk, followed by the Postal Relay Bureau of the Public Works Office, the Communications Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, and the Communications Office. After Japan took control of communications in 1905, the building served as a Chinese-language school, Jungdong Night School and the residence of the Gyeongseong Central Post Office director. It became a private home after liberation, then a postal memorial museum in 1972. Alterations for museum use mean it no longer fully retains its original appearance, but stamps, documents and artifacts are preserved inside. ✨AI
- Address
- 59 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Gyeonji-dong) ✨AI
- Korean address
- 서울특별시 종로구 우정국로 59 (견지동)
- Opening hours
- 09:00~18:00 (Lunch break 12:00~13:00)
- Closed days
- Jan 1 / Lunar New Year & Chuseok
