Comments on: Empress Myeongseong aka Queen Min of Korea

By: esther

esther — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:14:47 +0000

I am sad and horrified to read such a disgrace upon history.
I honestly stumbled across the story of this beautiful and strong empress by the drama that showed her life.
Upon hearing the details of her death, I am horrified at how cruel human beings can be.
how could it be that women are treated like filth when they are captured and not made to die in peace?
Is that right only reserved to men?
I hear the empress was raped and stabbed several times. What does raping someone do to the victim? Why not just end in a short time? This is severely bothering me as I find out how disgusting men are.
Even as I hear the details of her death, I find her accomplishments and her life very refreshing and interesting.
Korea truly lost their mother of Korea

I am extremely saddened by this

By: cinta19

cinta19 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:15:22 +0000

Good point. Joyce, I agree with you.

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By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:57:30 +0000

I was watching a movie that depicted part of her life and a man who fell in love with her although they could never be together, so I have no idea if it was based on historical fact, but it seems that women of intelligence and beliefs were feared and therefore had to be killed. However her killing in the manner it was done was to I believe to subdue the king and make him aware that to the Japanese of that time he was no more than a figure head, of whom they had no respect. Sad Sa

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:42:33 +0000

That is really unhumane

By: cinta19

cinta19 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:47:29 +0000

Here is the trailer of the video...I found it. [youtube p3B75kPGWHU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3B75kPGWHU youtube]

By: cinta19

cinta19 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:47:03 +0000

Hello,
Thanks for your question. Yes, this is such an interesting part of Korean History, I think there is a drama about this too. In any event, the King had nothing to do with her murder. The King was still needed as a figure head and to maintain some control over the country. The Queen was killed largely in part to her voice and discontent about the Japanese occupation of S. Korea.

By: cinta19

cinta19 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:45:07 +0000

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guest — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:49:37 +0000

woh…so does this mean that the king himself has something to do with this? Because on the last paragraph where the message read "Queen dead and King safe" why not kill the king as well? what is the use of keeping him alive?…hm…interesting