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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day. (Kyodo)

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period is pictured in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024, as a ceremony welcoming the ship's arrival is held the same day.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period is pictured in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024, as a ceremony welcoming the ship's arrival is held the same day.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A ceremony is held to welcome the arrival of a replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period, in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024.

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JOSEON DYNASTY-PERFORMANCE

(240428) -- SEOUL, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- South Korean actors perform a royal event called Myohyeonrye at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JOSEON DYNASTY-PERFORMANCE

(240428) -- SEOUL, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- South Korean actors perform a royal event called Myohyeonrye at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JOSEON DYNASTY-PERFORMANCE

(240428) -- SEOUL, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- South Korean actors perform a royal event called Myohyeonrye at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JOSEON DYNASTY-PERFORMANCE

(240428) -- SEOUL, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean actress dressed as a queen (C) of the Joseon Dynasty performs a royal event called Myohyeonrye at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JOSEON DYNASTY-PERFORMANCE

(240428) -- SEOUL, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- South Korean actors perform a royal event called Myohyeonrye at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul, South Korea, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua)

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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period pose for a photo after arriving in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period celebrate after arriving in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period arrive in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period head to its destination, Tokyo's Hibiya Park, on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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Event to reenact Korean envoy procession to Japan

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A colorful event to reenact a procession of Korean envoys to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty during the Edo period (1603-1868) to deepen the bilateral ties takes place in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with some 240 people, including those from South Korea's Busan, walking along the western Japanese city's waterfront on Aug. 23, 2014.

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient Korean royal books returned from France are displayed to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries.

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows ancient Korean royal books returned from France on display to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries.

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Son of last Joseon Dynasty crown prince dies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Seoul in November 1996 shows Lee Ku (R), the only son of the last crown prince of Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), who was found dead in a Japanese hotel on July 16, the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Members Foundation said on July 19. He was 74. Lee was born in 1931 as the second son of Crown Prince Lee Eun and the grandson of Emperor Gojong, the 26th monarch of Joseon who established the Daehan Empire.

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Research on buried cultural property at Japanese Embassy

Photo taken Dec. 18, 2015, shows an archeological study of buried cultural property at the premise of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. A number of artifacts from the Joseon Dynasty have been found at the site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research on buried cultural property at Japanese Embassy

Photo taken Dec. 18, 2015, shows an archeological study of buried cultural property at the premise of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. A number of artifacts from the Joseon Dynasty have been found at the site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea plan to register records of goodwill mission on UNESCO list

Officials from Japan and South Korea pose for a group photo in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 8, 2015, during a meeting to report a plan to submit a joint application to register about 320 documents recording the "Joseon Tongsinsa" from 1607-1811 on the UNESCO Memory of the World list by March next year. The goodwill envoys of Korea's Joseon Dynasty were sent to Japan for about 200 years between the 17th and 19th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Japan-S. Korea festival held in Seoul

A parade re-enacting a procession of missions sent by the Joseon dynasty to Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868) is held in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2015, as part of a two-day annual festival aimed at promoting cultural exchanges between Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean students retrace route of ancient Korean envoys

About 50 Japanese and South Korean university students start a trek from Seoul to Busan on Sept. 6, 2015, on the first leg of a journey retracing the route taken by Joseon Dynasty diplomatic envoys to Japan during the Edo period (1603-1867). They are trying to refocus on the spirit of good-neighborliness at a time bilateral diplomatic relations remain frosty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joseon missions to Japan reenacted for 1st time in 3 yrs

Women in ethnic costumes parade on a street in Tsushima, an island city of Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015, as part of a reenactment, held for the first time in three years, of Joseon missions to Japan in the Edo period (1603-1867) sent by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula. Some 300 people, including about 40 South Koreans, took part in the parade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans parade in traditional attire to commemorate Joseon missions

South Korean citizens parade in traditional costumes in Busan on May 2, 2015, as part of an event to commemorate the dispatch of diplomatic missions to Japan by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula between the 14th and 19th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese parade in samurai attire in Busan to commemorate Joseon missions

People from Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, parade in samurai costumes in Busan, South Korea, on May 2, 2015, as part of an event to commemorate diplomatic missions dispatched to Japan by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula between the 14th and 19th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friendship walk event to reenact Korean envoy procession to Japan

Participants of a friendship walk event to reenact a procession of Korean envoys to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty during Japan's Edo period leave Gyeongbokgung (back), a former royal palace in downtown Seoul, and walk along the historic route on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friendship walk event to reenact Korean envoy procession to Japan

Participants of a friendship walk event to reenact a procession of Korean envoys to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty during Japan's Edo period leave Gyeongbokgung (back), a former royal palace in downtown Seoul, and walk along the historic route on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 cyclists pose after completing Seoul-Tokyo journey

Three cyclists, including 79-year-old Takeshi Yamaguchi (L) of Japan, pose in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building after completing the Seoul-Tokyo trek on Nov. 1, 2015. Yamaguchi was the oldest among the 50 Japanese and South Korean citizen cyclists who took part in the journey tracing the path of Joseon missions to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean cyclists complete Seoul-Tokyo trek

A total of 50 Japanese and South Korean citizen cyclists arrive in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on Nov. 1, 2015, after completing the Seoul-Tokyo trek. The riders traced the path of Joseon missions to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cyclists leave Seoul for Tokyo to trace old mission routes

Cyclists leave Seoul on Oct. 11, 2015, for Tokyo to follow routes taken by Joseon diplomatic missions to Japan dispatched by the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910) between the 15th and 19th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cyclists pose before leaving for Tokyo to trace old mission routes

Bicycle riders pose in Seoul on Oct. 11, 2015, before leaving for Tokyo to follow routes taken by Joseon diplomatic missions to Japan dispatched by the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910) between the 15th and 19th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument dedicated to medieval Korean court missions to Japan

Kazuyuki Matsubara stands on March 31, 2015, by a monument erected on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in memory of the goodwill missions sent to Japan by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula intermittently between the Muromachi and Edo periods (1336-1867). Matsubara has been working with the South Korean side to have the monument listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and help revitalize life on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Son of last Joseon Dynasty crown prince dies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Seoul in November 1996 shows Lee Ku (R), the only son of the last crown prince of Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), who was found dead in a Japanese hotel on July 16, the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Members Foundation said on July 19. He was 74. Lee was born in 1931 as the second son of Crown Prince Lee Eun and the grandson of Emperor Gojong, the 26th monarch of Joseon who established the Daehan Empire. (Kyodo)

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows ancient Korean royal books returned from France on display to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries. (Kyodo)

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient Korean royal books returned from France are displayed to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries. (Kyodo)

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Event to reenact Korean envoy procession to Japan

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A colorful event to reenact a procession of Korean envoys to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty during the Edo period (1603-1868) to deepen the bilateral ties takes place in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with some 240 people, including those from South Korea's Busan, walking along the western Japanese city's waterfront on Aug. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Cultural exchange between Japan, S. Korea

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period is held in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 24, 2019, to promote cultural exchange between Japan and South Korea. About 160 people, including 100 from South Korea's Busan, took part in the event, which began in 2004 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea celebrates Hangul Day

Children pose in front of a statue of Sejong the Great at Gwanghawmun Square in Seoul on Oct. 9, 2018, to celebrate Hangul Day, marking the invention and proclamation of the Korean alphabet by the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty of Korea in 1446. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Torch relay

A performer wearing a costume of the ancient Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula holds the Olympic torch during a relay event in Seoul on Jan. 13, 2018, for the Pyeongchang Games in February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo