Gyeongbokgung was destroyed in the 1590s during a Japanese invasion, after which Korea's rulers abandoned the palace and set up camp about a mile east in Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace).

Bukchon Village occupies the hilly neighborhood between Gyeongbok Palace and Changdeok Palace in north-central Seoul. The neighborhood has the largest collection of privately owned hanoks ...

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- The Cultural Heritage Administration (KHS) and the Korea Heritage Agency (KHA) announced Wednesday that a special cultural event, highlighting Korea’s traditional ...

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SEOUL, South Korea – U.S. Army Garrison ... of the tour took the group back in time to the official palace of the Joseon Dynasty—Gyeongbokgung Palace. Gyeongbokgung was built just three ...

Tourists watch a cultural performance at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, May 5, 2025. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua) Tourists watch a cultural performance at Gyeongbokgung Palace in ...

"Time Travel: King Sejong," a reenactment of daily life at the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), is held on April 28 in front of Geunjeongjeon Hall at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul's ...

Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor of Seoul’s Sungshin Women ... would not be a problem is wrong.” “Gyeongbok Palace is a national treasure of South Korea and its people. Her yoga done deliberately ...

On Dec. 3, 2024 at 10:23 p.m., South Korea’s President Yoon ... Assembly and at Gwanghwamun Square, near the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. They were calling for the president’s impeachment ...

Gwanghwamun Square and Gyeongbok Palace are blanketed with snow in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov 27, 2024. (Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon) One person died and two were injured at a golf range ...