Jang Ok-jeong worked as a palace maid and King Sukjong (숙종), the 19th King of the Joseon Dynasty, noticed the beautiful Jang around 1680 when she started to serve the King directly. Many viewed the ...

October 2017 - Asia Society Korea continues its World Heritage Series this month by previewing the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Joseon was Korea’s last dynasty, ruling over a united Korean ...

Metal printing types, such as Gyemija and Gabinja, were making it possible to publish many books. Joseon maintained friendly relations with the Ming dynasty of China. The two countries exchanged royal ...

A pyeonaek (hanging wooden plaque) that previously hung in the Seonwonjeon Hall of Gyeongbok Palace has been retrieved from ...

N’s “The Queen Who Crowns” is only going to get more captivating! “The Queen Who Crowns” tells the story of Queen Won Gyeong ...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Captivating The King’ on Netflix, Where Dramas Take Hold In The Royal Court Of The Joseon Dynasty, And The Game Of Baduk Means All Story by Johnny Loftus • 11mo ...

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which follows the history of ... fail to impress their father King Taejong, the king makes a royal command for Choong-nyung to become the next ruler of the ...

A family member wearing South Korean traditional "Hanbok" costume pose for photos during a visit to celebrate the Lunar New Year holidays at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace ...

A court of appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court's suspended prison sentence for a vandal indicted for drawing copycat graffiti on the wall of a landmark Joseon Dynasty royal palace in Seoul ...