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Tag Archives: Gyeongbokgung

Field Report: Heungbokjeon Hall at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (27 January 2020)

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The architecture may be traditional and the atmosphere timeless, but the age of most buildings within the walls of Gyeongbokgung can be accounted for in years or decades – not […]

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Korea, Korea 2020, Travel

Field Report: Reconstruction of Heungbokjeon at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (15 February 2018)

1st Mar 2018by Diego 1 Comment

I’ve been to Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung so many times, I can’t even say off-hand how many times I’ve gone there. And one of the things that keep drawing me back to […]

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Korea, Korea 2018, Travel

Food Report: Joseon Royal Refreshments at the Saenggwabang of Gyeongbokgung Palace (Seoul, South Korea)

28th Aug 2017by Diego 1 Comment

Not being much of a gourmet, I’m usually content to live off convenience stores or vending machines whenever I holiday in Korea. That said, I’m not averse to sampling more […]

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Food, Korea, Korea 2017, Travel

Field Report: Meeting an old friend at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (27 January 2017)

19th Aug 2017by Diego 2 Comments

I was feeling quite knackered after my red-eye flight from Manila to Seoul. That said, with the sun high in the sky and the ambient temperature hovering somewhere below freezing […]

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Korea, Korea 2017, Travel

Field Report: Cheongwadae Sarangchae and Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (29 September 2015)

28th Oct 2015by Diego Leave a comment

If things had turned out a little differently, and Korea were still a monarchy (albeit a constitutional one) in our own day and age, the king and the president would […]

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Korea, Korea 2015

Field Report: Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea (27 September 2015)

7th Oct 2015by Diego 4 Comments

As the largest of Seoul’s five royal palaces, it’s no wonder that Gyeongbokgung was once equipped with kitchens that could feed an army. Newly restored a century after its destruction, […]

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Korea, Korea 2015, Travel

Field Report: Seoul (12 October 2013) – Part 1/2

22nd Dec 2013by Diego 3 Comments

I don’t normally go on guided tours as I prefer to plot out my own course and travel at my own pace. However, the mums in our party were keen […]

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Korea, Korea 2013 (2nd), Travel

Field Report: Seoul (10 February 2013) – Part 2/4

5th Oct 2013by Diego 9 Comments

The charming brick-faced area around Myeongdong Cathedral may have had a strong European flavour, but my next stop featured some splendid examples of unmistakably Korean art and architecture.

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Korea, Korea 2013, Travel

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