Place - Hongneung (tombs of King Gojong and Queen Myeongseong, the background is the front of the sanctuary where the ancestral rites of the latter take place) Pieta: the spirit of Korea, born with ...
Joseon was Korea’s last dynasty, ruling over a united Korean peninsula for more than 500 years ... It houses the legendary ruler King Sejong the Great and his wife, Queen Soheon. King Sejong placed ...
Korea’s Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces, tombs and shrine will be open to the public for free from Saturday to Thursday. Free admission applies to the four palaces -- Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung ...
Korean period dramas set in the Joseon era (1392-1897) typically invite us to revel in tales of palace scheming, with people either trying to take over the throne or maintain their ill-gotten grip ...