A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jongmyo Shrine is one of the oldest and best-preserved Confucian royal shrines in the world. Built in the late 14th century, the Jongmyo Shrine served as a place of ...

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The state-run cultural heritage agency on Friday admitted that first lady Kim Keon Hee's private tea meeting held at a traditional heritage shrine in central Seoul ...

While Seoul’s palaces have long been popular tourist attractions, the range of nationalities visiting them has notably expanded. "It’s not surprising that these palaces and Jongmyo Shrine ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

Seoul quickly responded to Kihara’s visit ... leadership positions having made offerings and repeated visits to the shrine,” a ministry spokesman said in a statement on Aug. 15.

Seoul is a hub of the national economy ... is the oldest Catholic Church and mother church of all Catholic churches in Singapore. Mokama Marian shrine on the southern bank of Ganges River bears the ...

The Royal Culture Festival is a festival held at the seven major cultural heritage sites in Seoul. The festival venues which have ... Gyeonghuigung Palace, and Jongmyo Shrine, and Sajikdan Altar.