Gyeongbokgung Palace

This guide to Gyeongbokgung Palace follows two moments in the private quarters King Gojong built for himself: the flickering 'bum light,' Korea's first electric lighting, installed in 1887 and nicknamed for how often it failed, and the early morning of October 8th, 1895, when armed men forced their way into the compound looking for the queen. You'll hear who Empress Myeongseong was, and what the nickname 'water light' had to do with the pond beside these walls. Listen for the small pavilion at the edge of the grounds as you pass it.