[Photo] Deoksugung Gate Guard Changing Ceremony Resumes After 8 Months

On the 20th, the changing of the guard ceremony, which had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed in front of Daehanmun Gate at Deoksugung Palace in Jung-gu, Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the Deoksugung Royal Guard changing of the guard ceremony and the patrol procession, which had been halted since February when the spread of COVID-19 began, would restart from this day. The changing of the guard ceremony is held three times a day from Tuesday to Sunday (at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.), and the patrol procession takes place once a day (after the 11 a.m. changing of the guard ceremony). / Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@