Escape: The March 1 movement began with rumors about the assassination of Queen Myeongseong and the poisoning of King Gojong by Japanese assassins. With the sacrifice of many people, sovereignty was ...

Also known as Queen Min, Myeongseong was the wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon, a Korean dynastic kingdom, and was known as an influential figure in the palace. In one of the letters ...

Portrait of Emperor Gojong (1920)" by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) from MMCA's YouTube channel. This work is called Eojin (御眞), a portrait of a king. In the Joseon ...