Elementary Students Experience 'Secret Mission of the Imperial Secretariat' at Jungmyeongjeon

Four Sessions Starting on the 15th
Reenacting Intelligence Agency Activities from the Era of Emperor Gojong

'The Secret of Emperor Gojong and the Imperial Secretariat' Program Site

The Deoksugung Palace Management Office will run the program 'The Secret of Emperor Gojong and the Imperial Secretariat' at Jungmyeongjeon on November 15, 22, 29, and December 6, targeting 4th and 5th grade elementary school students. The program will be held twice a day, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. The Imperial Secretariat was an intelligence agency directly under Emperor Gojong, established in 1902.

This educational program, which began in 2022, takes place at Jungmyeongjeon, the site where the Eulsa Treaty was signed in 1905, and integrates history and science. Participating children will learn about the international crisis faced by the Korean Empire and Emperor Gojong's responses. They will also take part in mission activities focused on the Eulsa Treaty and the dispatch of the Hague Secret Emissaries.

Students will become agents of the Imperial Secretariat and reveal invisible letters using the 'chemical secret writing method.' They will also participate in experiments to hide and find the imperial seal within the emperor's secret letter. The chemical secret writing method is a technique that makes writing visible using heat or chemical solutions.

Registration for the sessions on November 15 and 22 opens at 2:00 p.m. on November 6, and for the sessions on November 29 and December 6, registration opens at 2:00 p.m. on November 20, through the integrated website of the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center. Each session is limited to 24 participants, and there is no participation fee.

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