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'''Gosichon'''<ref name="StraitsTimes1">{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=May Choon|title=Boom in Seoul's mini-room housing|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/boom-in-seouls-mini-room-housing|accessdate=27 February 2018|work=The Straits Times|date=10 October 2015}}</ref> ({{langx|ko|고시촌}}), also called '''Goshichon'''<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Ju-min|title=In South Korea's "Exam Village" young voters yearn for change|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-election-youth/in-south-koreas-exam-village-young-voters-yearn-for-change-idUSBRE8BG14F20121217|accessdate=27 February 2018|work=Reuters|date=17 December 2012}}</ref> or '''Goshi Village''',<ref name="Reuters2">{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Jiyeon|title=S.Korean cram school gulag is all books, dreams|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-exam-village/s-korean-cram-school-gulag-is-all-books-dreams-idUSSEO4837020080506|accessdate=27 February 2018|work=Reuters|date=6 May 2008}}</ref> is a Korean term used to refer to residences of civil service examinees.<ref name="goshi">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/SearchNavi?keyword=%EA%B3%A0%EC%8B%9C%EC%B4%8C&ridx=0&tot=1 |title=고시촌 (Gosichon)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=Korean |access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref>
==Etymology== The origin of the term is from "Gosi" ({{Korean|고시|hanja=考試}}) and "Chon" ({{Korean|촌|hanja=村}}), literally "town of civil service examinees".
==History== One of the notable goshichons in Sillim-dong, Gwanak District formed in 1975 due to campuses of Seoul National University moving to the area.<ref name="goshi"/>
== See also == * Gosiwon
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