Why Korea's Queen Min had to die | ASSASSINS

Описание: How do you assassinate someone when you don’t know what they look like?

The K-Pop Demon Hunter of her time, Korea’s first Empress, Queen Min, was a total badass. But there weren’t any reliable images of her, so no one beyond her immediate court knew what she looked like.

Which turned out to be a problem when samurai assassins, part of a rabble-rousing mob, stormed her palace early one morning with one thing on their mind.

A progressive woman, who outmaneuvered every man in her court, Queen Min was assassinated by those in power for being ahead of her time – and trying to drag her country, the so-called Hermit Kingdom, out of the past with her.

00:00 How many images of Timothée Chalamet are online?
02:09 Hello my friend!
03:00 A mob storms Gyeongbokgung Palace
05:37 12-year-old King Gojong ascends the throne
07:35 King Gojong marries Queen Min
09:27 Queen Min takes an interest in politics
10:51 Min’s progressive politics
13:06 The Queen’s enemies
15:50 The “Fox Hunt”
18:51 Assassination
19:22 Aftermath

Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: John Jacobs
Video Producer: Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

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