Tag: Deoksu Palace

Picture of the Day: Reconstructed Royal Korean Guesthouse

| September 26, 2023
Opening of rebuilt Korean Empire guesthouse
Opening of rebuilt Korean Empire guesthouse
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (3rd from R) and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg (2nd from R) look around the rebuilt Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), during its opening ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2023. The two-story building, originally constructed during the reign of Emperor Gojong around 1901, was reconstructed as part of the Cultural Heritage Administration’s broader plan to restore the original states of royal palaces, which were damaged during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Deoksu Palace

| December 5, 2022
Snow on Deoksu Palace
Snow on Deoksu Palace
Snow falls on the royal Deoksu Palace in central Seoul on Dec. 3, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Coffee at Deoksu Palace

| May 5, 2022
Coffee time at palace
Coffee time at palace
Visitors drink coffee at the terrace of Deoksu Palace’s Seokjojeon Hall in Seoul, a Western-style building used as an audience hall and sleeping quarters of King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty, on May 3, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Autumn at Deoksu Palace

| November 13, 2019
Palace amid autumn leaves
Palace amid autumn leavesForeign tourists photograph themselves on a walkway, covered with fallen autumn leaves, along the wall of Deoksu Palace in Seoul on Nov. 11, 2019. The palace, one of the royal residences from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), is a top tourist spot in the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Autumn at Deoksu Palace

| October 31, 2018

Autumn leaves

Deoksu Palace in Seoul is surrounded by trees full of autumn leaves on Oct. 28, 2018. The palace, one of the royal residences from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), is a top tourist spot in the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Deoksu Palace Restoration

| October 8, 2014

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2014, shows Deoksu Palace’s Seokjojeon Hall in downtown Seoul, a Western-style building used as an audience hall and sleeping quarters of King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty, who later became an emperor of Daehan Empire, after its five-year restoration work. The building is to open to the public on Oct. 13 as the Daehan Empire History Museum. (Yonhap)