A record 17.8 million people visited royal palaces, tombs and Jongmyo Shrine last year, officials said Monday, as public ...

South Korea’s royal heritage sites welcomed a record 17.8 million visitors in 2025, highlighting growing public interest in traditional culture, officials reported Monday. The Korea Heritage Service ...

Most people think of Seoul as a metropolitan city that is the center of millennial culture, but what they don't know is that Seoul is also a place full of historic sites that preserve the long legacy ...

The remains of a public toilet with an advanced purification facility, presumed to be built about 150 years ago, were discovered at a Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) palace in Seoul, a government agency ...

Huh Min (L), administrator of the Korea Heritage Service, embraces Takao Sato, chief priest of Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, ...

'Sangchamui (常參儀)' was one of the court rituals during the Joseon Dynasty, referring to a simplified morning audience where court officials greeted the king every morning. After the king received ...

Geunjeongjeon Hall at Gyeongbokgung Palace, the very heart of royal authority during the Joseon Dynasty, stands proudly with two massive incense ...

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 210th Field Artillery Brigade participated in a Community Relations (COMREL) tour in Seoul on Feb. 29, 2024. The group of 44 Soldiers try on hanboks, traditional Korean ...

A visitor to the event "From the Queen's Gaze" at Gyotaejeon Hall, the official quarters of the Joseon Dynasty queen, of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul’s Jongno-gu District on May 28 looks toward ...

An interactive exhibition of ceramics from the Joseon era (1392-1910) to Korea’s 1945 independence from the Japanese colonial rule is running through March 30... A special exhibition featuring around ...

SEOUL -- A visitor to Korea expects to see traditional Asian architecture. It is, after all, what makes this country unique to an American. In Seoul, there may be nothing more majestic and traditional ...

A record 17.8 million people visited royal palaces, tombs and Jongmyo Shrine last year, officials said Monday, as public ...