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Korea Herald
07-05-2025
- Korea Herald
Bookings open for royal dinner with music
Starting later this month, the main palace of the Joseon era (1392-1910), Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, will invite the public to sample royal cuisine while listening to court music. From May 28 to June 5, the royal kitchen, known as 'sojubang,' will invite 136 people on tours with either a royal dinner or a selection of desserts. The tours, to take place twice daily for an hour from 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., will feature royal court music playing in the background. Participants will be able to take part in interactive programs such as making royal herbal tea, crafting coasters and playing the traditional board game yutnori. The preparation of royal desserts will be demonstrated as well. Online registrations for the tours open at 2 p.m. Thursday via Ticketlink. Successful applicants will be announced the following Thursday on the Korea Heritage Agency website. Selected applicants can choose their time slots the following day and buy up to two tickets, priced at 25,000 won apiece. Sojubang was torn down during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korea Peninsula. The site was restored in 2015 following four years of restoration work. The royal kitchen is divided into three sections, responsible for preparing daily meals, meals for special days and refreshments, respectively.
Korea Herald
07-05-2025
- Korea Herald
Registration for royal dinner with music opens
Starting later this month, the main palace of the Joseon era (1392-1910), Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, will invite the public to sample royal cuisine while listening to court music. From May 28 to June 5, the royal kitchen, known as 'sojubang,' will invite 136 people on tours with either a royal dinner or a selection of desserts. The tours, to take place twice daily for an hour from 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., will feature royal court music playing in the background. Participants will be able to take part in interactive programs such as making royal herbal tea, crafting coasters and playing the traditional board game yutnori. The preparation of royal desserts will be demonstrated as well. Online registrations for the tours open at 2 p.m. Thursday via Ticketlink. Successful applicants will be announced the following Thursday on the Korea Heritage Agency website. Selected applicants can choose their time slots the following day and buy up to two tickets, priced at 25,000 won apiece. Sojubang was torn down during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korea Peninsula. The site was restored in 2015 following four years of restoration work. The royal kitchen is divided into three sections, responsible for preparing daily meals, meals for special days and refreshments, respectively.
Korea Herald
28-04-2025
- Korea Herald
Gyeongbokgung nighttime tour tickets to go on sale
Online reservations for nighttime tours of Gyeongbokgung, the most recognized of the five Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces in Seoul, will start Wednesday for tours running May 8-June 15. Registration will open on Ticketlink on a first-come, first-served basis, with each person allowed to buy up to four tickets. For international tourists, tickets can be purchased on the day of the tour at Gwanghwamun, the main palace gate, upon showing an ID, such as a passport. Tours will run from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every day except Mondays and Tuesdays, covering gates, halls, a pavilion and a garden on the palace grounds. Heungnyemun, Gyeongbokgung's second gate, can be thought of 'as the face of Joseon,' said an official at the Korea Heritage Service, the agency organizing the tours. 'The Japanese tore it down and built the Government-General Building there to block the view of Gyeongbokgung. Heungnyemun is a symbol of Koreans' desire to rediscover their national pride,' the official said about the gate's restoration in 2001. From May 21-24, musicians from the National Gugak Center will perform traditional Korean music with a focus on royal court music.
Korea Herald
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Musical on Joseon queen to be staged at royal shrine
Reservations for a musical revisiting a ceremony from the Joseon era (1392-1910) to be staged at Jongmyo from April 26-30 are now open. 'The Queen's Story' focuses on Queen Inwon — the second wife of King Sukjong (1674-1720) — observing the ancestral rite at Jongmyo, the royal shrine where the tablets of Joseon kings and queens are enshrined, following her wedding ceremony. The visit to the shrine to pay respects to royal ancestors was the only state event in which women were allowed to participate. The Korea Heritage Service said it will provide glasses with real-time closed captions in both Korean and English at the site. Jongmyo is also hosting a separate program for those interested in trying their hands at making the incense central to ceremonies from the Joseon era from April 26-May 2. 'Incense was just as much a commodity as it was a luxury good,' a KHS official said. Participants may try on royal costumes for photo-taking. The musical will be staged twice, at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., while the incense-making program will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reservations for the two free events should be made via Ticketlink. Walk-ins are accepted.
Korea Herald
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Biannual palace festival tickets now on sale
K-Royal Culture Festival to be held at palaces, royal shrine in Seoul, April 26-May 4 Tickets are on sale for a nine-day palace festival in Seoul that includes interactive programs and performances across the city's five Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces and Jongmyo, the royal shrine. Twenty-four programs, including royal scene reenactments, will be available, many of them taking place at Gyeongbokgung, the main palace, and others at Deoksugung, Changgyeonggung, Changdeokgung, Gyeonghuigung and Jongmyo. 'Time Travel: Sejong,' a series of nighttime tours of Gyeongbokgung, will start the festivities on April 26, inviting participants to look inside palace halls previously not open to the public. 'The Royal Table' at Deoksugung will present a variety of royal dishes that participants may sample. A guide will be available to elaborate on royal cuisine in English. 'Say Hello to Hanbok' at Changgyeonggung will invite guests to try on hanbok, the traditional Korean clothing, and stroll around the palace compound on a tour that includes photo opportunities and sampling of royal desserts. 'Morning at Changdeokgung' is a tour offered this year in English to foreign nationals, who will stroll around with a guide who explains the palace history. Admission prices range from 5,000 won to 20,000 won, and there is no separate palace entry fee. Tickets are available on Ticketlink for Korean citizens and Creatrip for foreign nationals.
