When you visit Unhyun Palace there will be lot's of history you will have to know. Today I will tell you about Heung-seon-dae-won-gun, his son Gojong and Gojong's wife Queen Min.

     Unhyun Palace was Heung-seon-dae-won-gun's personal house. It was not a palace before. After Gojong became king this house was called Unhyun Palace. Heung-seon-dae-won-gun hang out with gangsters and pretended like a fool. It was because he was afraid about the Andong Kim's clan.He thought that he will be killed by the clan. One reason he was afraid of them was that the Andong Kim's clan was very powerful that they even pressed the royal family for almost 60 years.

     Gojong became king in the age of 12. He became king because King Cheol-jong passed away and he had no sons. Gojong changed the country's name to Dae-han-je-guk and called himself Emperor.

     Queen Min married Gojong and she had a very active part in politics. She wanted to have a close relationship with Russia because Russia was closer than other country's. The Japanese did not like that. So the Japanese murdered her and burned her body. This is a tragedy to the Korean people from Korean history.

     I enjoyed learning about the Korean history about Unyhun Palace and I wish I could remember the history about Heung-seon-dae-won-gun, Queen Min and the mighty and powerful king Gojong.