Nagwon-dong (Korean: 낙원동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Nagwon means "paradise" in Korean.^[1] It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동; 行政洞), Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4 ga-dong.^[2][3]

Nagwon Instrument Arcade has traditionally been Korea's largest collection of music stores and is very close to Insa-dong. Built in 1968, the Nagwon building is a pillar-based, mixed-use complex. On the first floor, is a four lane road and a market below. Above the shopping area, there are apartments. The second and third floors of the Nagwon building has a few hundred music stores clustered together. Various instruments and other music-related equipment such as amps, speakers and karaoke machines can be found there. There are people there to sell or repair instruments for beginners and experts alike. On the fourth floor, there is a theater that used to premiere films and was called the 'Hollywood Theater'. It has become the 'Seoul Art Cinema' and 'dance musical private theater' which play 'Silver Theater' films for senior citizens, independent films, and other specialty films.^[4][5]

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

• 종로구 (Jongno District 鍾路區) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-14.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro District Official website.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.

• Jongno District Official site in English
• (in Korean) Jongno District Official site
• (in Korean) Status quo of Jongno District by administrative dong
• (in Korean) Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4 ga-dong Resident office
• (in Korean) Origin of Nagwon-dong's name^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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