Students trace Korean dynasty mission to Japan

Students trace Korean dynasty mission to Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean student group tracing the path of goodwill missions sent to Japan by the last dynasty on the Korean Peninsula board a plane at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2014. The members will study the history of relations between Japan and Korea by following the footsteps of Joseon missions dispatched by the Yi clan's dynasty that lasted until Japan's colonization of the peninsula in 1910.

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