SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The autumn nighttime guided tours of the ancient Changdeok Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Seoul, will begin next month, the cultural heritage authorities said Thursday. “The Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace” will run from Sept. 7 through Oct. 22, two times a day from every [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual nighttime tours of Changdeok Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Seoul, will begin next week, the cultural heritage authorities said Tuesday. The 100-minute nocturnal tour of the ancient palace will run from April 21 through June 12, four times a day from every Thursday [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Nighttime tours of Changdeok Palace from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) will kick off next week in a scaled-down manner amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the cultural heritage agency said Thursday. The 100-minute nocturnal tour of the royal palace will run from April 29 through June 20, four times a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nighttime tours of Changdeok Palace, one of the royal palaces of the Joseon Dynasty in central Seoul, will start later this week, cultural heritage authorities said Tuesday. The special night tours of Changdeok Palace in Jongno Ward will kick off Saturday and go through Oct. 25, every Thursday to [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A nocturnal stroll under a full moon at Changdeok Palace, the only UNESCO-recognized royal palace of the five from Korea’s last kingdom of Joseon, provides the kind of experience a Joseon king would have savored in the lavish palatial compound. The royal palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, usually [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The first-ever shared hanok residence is expected to be built near Changdeok Palace in Seoul. A hanok is a traditional-style Korean house with origins dating back hundreds of years. The Seoul Metropolitan Government revealed yesterday that it would construct a publicly shared hanok in Wonseo-dong, Jongno district made available [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Changdeok Palace’s Nakseonjae Hall will be open to the public until the end of next month as a special spring tour program, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Friday. The seasonal program, set to run at 10:30 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday on March 29-April 28, will take visitors [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Moonlight Tour” at Changdeok Palace is reopening to the public on Aug. 15. This special night tour is an exclusive event, allowing visitors to stroll around the ancient palace of the Joseon Dynasty, which is normally only open during daytime. The tour takes two hours, during which participants [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) – Normally, a 100-person-deep queue in front of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul would hardly raise any eyebrows. After all, it’s the most iconic attraction in the city. In a wintry March evening, though, it very well may have — not only because palaces are often closed after dark, but because these [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The yellow flowers of wintersweet trees at Changdeok palace have announced the arrival of spring. White Japanese apricot flowers and yellow sansuyu flowers fully blossomed near Nakseonjae and Geumcheon bridge, and the wintersweet flowers at the back of the palace are ready to blossom. Japanese apricot flowers and sansuyu flowers [...]