The Historian · Hayoon · Seoul
Gyeonghuigung Palace
Tourists never come here, and that is exactly why I do. A palace reduced to a fragment tells the colonial story better than a restored one.
The forgotten fifth palace, mostly demolished under Japanese rule and only partly rebuilt — free, empty, and honest about how much was lost.
— Hayoon, The Historian
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