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One of the best-known areas of Seoul, often visited by tourists, is Deoksu Palace and Seoul Plaza, but few realize the storied importance of the neighborhood behind the palace, known as Jeong-dong.
As spring's K-Royal Culture Festival 2024 kicked off, I was lucky enough to participate in “A Time Travel to the Joseon Dynasty,” the Gyeonghoeru Pavilion's special tour program at Gyeongbok Palace, Korea’s last dynasty’s main royal palace in central Seoul.
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New textbooks approved for use in middle schools make preposterous claims about Japan’s colonial rule over Korea
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the K-Royal Culture Festival is ready to return in spring with a new lineup of programs, including ones tailored specifically for international audiences, aimed at attracting a million annual visitors to the country’s regal heritage.
Tours exclusively for foreign nationals of Deoksugung, a Joseon-era (1392-1910) palace, including a musical performance at Seokjo Hall, will be offered for the first time in May. Nighttime tours of the hall -- the first Western-style stone building in Seoul built in 1910 -- will run from May 1 to May 3, with three tours taking place daily, each limited to 18 people. Participants will be served refreshments like coffe...