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Always Curious
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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: The Korean Royal family |
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I have to admit that I am a huge fan of the Windsors and all they do for the UK, and I do love the sense of pageantry that surrounds royal events (if you've never seen the Changing of the Guard at Horse Guards Parade then you'll know what I mean).
Where can I go in Korea to catch glimpses of the Korean Royal family and the other royal events? I'm assuming if there is one then they'll be in Seoul? I've heard that Gyeongju was a very important historical location, so maybe they're there? |
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inkoreaforgood
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Location: Inchon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| The Korean Royal Family is now Japanese. They aren't very well liked here in Korea. Keep on trolling, though. |
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Links
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Location: It's censorship and it's downright blasphemous
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| canukteacher wrote: |
I saw the Changing of the Guard in front of the Palace in downtown Seoul. It was great.
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I saw this on another thread... thought it might help.
What does troll/trolling mean? I have heard it a lot but sadly, do not know the definition. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:44 am Post subject: |
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there are no royals in korea anymore..
after the japanese left.. the king of korea was giving a free apartment stripped of all his land, belongings and told basically we dont want a king anymore in korea... I heard his son leaves in seoul somewhere and tried to be a singer in the 60's but nothing ever came of it..
this is how traditional and respecting koreans are of their history!!
what a shame!!! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| There were three kingdoms, not one. |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| haha..."what a shame" the idea of a royal family is shite and anyone who respects that idea is the same. respect history...you wouldn't know the first thing about that. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| There were three kingdoms, not one. |
Not since the beginning of the Chosun dynasty in the 14th century. This unified the country under the Jeonju Yi clan until the 20th century.
Yi Gu is the recognised heir to the throne. He lives in Japan, doesn't speak Korean very well and was educated as an architect at MIT. He comes to Korea several times a year, but has mixed feelings about Koreans. They did take his house, after all.
Yi Seok is the guy who tried to be a singer. He is actually the son of Kojong's first son, but is not the recognised heir to the throne due to Japanese attempts to blend the royal families of Japan and Korea through marriage. He evacuated to Shanghai during WWII and then ended up living in a car in LA while working as an armed guard in a liquor store. Yi Seok lives in Jeonju, the ancestral home of the Yi's. In fact, I had dinner with him a while ago. Nice man, but he had a hard life. He had some, well, out-there ideas about how the country should be run. Martial law, anyone? |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| ...I had dinner with him a while ago. Nice man, but he had a hard life. He had some, well, out-there ideas about how the country should be run. Martial law, anyone? |
This is the first I've heard of Yi Gu, but I know that when I read a little about Yi Seok and asked a workmate about him, she didn't even know that such a man existed, and everyone else in the office thought he was still doing the nightclub singing.
Anyway Pyongshin, did he call you afterwards, or have you decided to just be friends? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| "*beep* me, your majesty!" |
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Cedar
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: In front of my computer, again.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
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| There were three kingdoms, not one. |
Not since the beginning of the Chosun dynasty in the 14th century. This unified the country under the Jeonju Yi clan until the 20th century.
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There haven't been three kingdoms since the end of the Later Three Kingdoms period before the start of the Goryeo Dynasty which was LONG before the Joseon Dynasty was founded in 1392. (The Later Three Kingdoms period ended in 936). |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Hmmm. Thank you. |
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Hollywoodaction
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Emu Bitter
Joined: 27 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| The Russians know how to deal with royal families. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| The late heir to the Korean throne is half Japanese and married an American woman. And the late author of the Korean national anthem married a Spanish woman and his children are mixed. But remember, your Korean girlfriend/wife is still a traitor to Korea... |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| The late heir to the Korean throne is half Japanese and married an American woman. And the late author of the Korean national anthem married a Spanish woman and his children are mixed. But remember, your Korean girlfriend/wife is still a traitor to Korea... |
Actually, Yi Gu married Julia Mullock and was forced to divorce her by his own family. His despair over the divorce killed him. Koreans would rather see their King die than see him married to a foreigner. It's true.
As for the composer, his life story doesn't fit Korean historiography and its obsession with being the victim so Koreans don't care. I bet you could ask a hundred Koreans who the composer of their own national anthem is, and none of them would know. |
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