About Gyeongbokgung Palace Gyeongbokgung Palace was almost absolutely destroyed during the Imjin War, the Japanese invasion of Korea. During the war, the king and a royal family should have left a Gyeongbokgung Palace, and they moved to another palace — Doksugung Palace. So Gyeongbokgung Palace was empty for about 3 centuries. And only during King Kojeong’s government …
