SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Chuseok is the traditional Korean autumn harvest celebration, similar to Thanksgiving in the United States. Many Koreans visit their hometowns for ancestral rituals and spend time with their families during the holiday. But if you’re planning to spend the Chuseok holiday in Seoul, visiting royal palaces and tombs, national [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Four Joseon-era royal palaces in Seoul will remain open throughout the extended Chuseok holiday next week to receive holiday visitors free of charge, the government said Saturday. The four palaces — Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Deoksu and Changgyeong — as well as the UNESCO-recognized Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who visited the four main royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul surpassed the 5 million mark in the first half of the year for the first time in three years, the cultural authorities said Monday. The four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) are [...]