Seokjojeon nighttime tours open registration
Tours will run from April 8-May 25 after registration ends March 25
Online reservations for nighttime tours of Seokjojeon at Deoksugung, one of the five Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces in Seoul, will run through March 25, at Ticketlink.
On March 27, the Korea Heritage Agency will announce applicants to take part in the 90-hour tours, which will take palce three times a day between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. from April 8 to May 25.
A guide will start off the tour introducing the history of Seokjojeon, a two-story hall built in 1910 as the first Western-style stone building in Korea. Coffee, tea and cakes will be served with an ensemble playing classical music.
A mini-musical rethinking King Gojong's efforts to save his country from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule will follow. Gojong is the 26th Joseon king and the first emperor of the Daehan Empire.
Tickets are 26,000 won apiece and each applicant can buy up to two tickets.
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