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Not sure how much news is getting out overseas, but we not only got the president impeached but also arrested. More importantly though, a white guy on the BBC was interrupted by his family piling into the room behind him. But anyway, justice has been served, and the next presidential election is scheduled for May 9.

Until then, the presidential palace, Cheong Wa Dae or literally the Blue House, is totally empty. I decided to get a closer look and bit off more than I could chew.

1. The protests have turned into more of a celebration following the president's impeachment and now arrest.

Little geography lesson. The palace you see up there is Gyeongbokgung, built in the late 1300s. It was destroyed by Japanese invasions in the late 1500s and early-mid 1900s, and an expensive reconstruction has seen less than 50% of its buildings restored so far.

Further behind it, you see a similar style blue-roofed house. That is where the president lived, and it is my goal to get from way over here into there.


2. I tried getting to Cheong Wa Dae by walking, but there was still a pretty sizeable rally out front.


3. Finally I was through.


4. I followed a road around back where I could see some of the presidential compound looked to be in pretty bad shape.


5. Interesting propaganda in this neighbourhood.


6. I followed around the back wall of the presidential palace. Nobody really minded that I was here.


7. Around a corner, I saw they were doing some work on the wall.


8. Scaffolding means I can go up.


9. To the left is Bugaksan, and to the right is Korea's abandoned presidential palace.


10. Nice security measure bro.


11. Little known secret, there are actually two walls, hiding a passage traditionally used for evacuation. I've gotten over the outer wall, but still have to get through the inner wall.


12. All I had to do was crawl through a five-meter-long hole.


13. And the other side is inside Cheong Wa Dae grounds.


14. I ran into this statue back there. You can see the roof of Cheong Wa Dae below us.


15. Coming closer, there was some construction work going on here.


16. This was taped to the fence. Someone around here lost a dog.


17. They've been working hard to restore this building. I guess it's easier to do the work when nobody's living there.


18. Graffiti on the wall.


19. It looks like I'm not the first one to slip inside. Previous people made a bit more of a mess.


20. And the graffiti just got meaner.


21. Someone left her slippers. Soonderella?


22. I would've expected the president to have nicer washrooms for her guests.


23.


24.


25. I hope prison provides free footwear.


26. This is the lobby to one of the buildings.


27. Nice detail on the ceiling.


28. The interior was nice enough.


29. I found a dining room.


30. With food still. Not real food of course.


31. And floor seating for those who prefer that. No wonder Rex Tillerson left in such a hurry.


32. This hallway led me into complete darkness.


33. More shoes.


34. Okay, this is kind of weird.


35. Huh, I wonder what was done in this room.


36. Any idea what this was?


37. Huh...that's pretty weird.


38. A break room for security.


39. And some light reading material for the guards.


40. Heading upstairs.


41. Up high, I found what looks like a dish and earphones, aimed in the direction of the protest.


42. I went down, all the way down to the basement levels. There sure were a lot of them.


43. Very, very deep underground, I found this tunnel, with a sign saying "Gwacheon: 20 kilometers."


44. After about four hours of walking, I emerged at night, near this trashed government building, wondering where the hell I was.



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Steed, WHAT an explore! Im glad you made it in and out without being detected. What exactly would happen to you if you got caught here?!? Im kind of blown away by what i see. This wasn't the most recent Presidents palace as it looks abandoned for quite some time. Was this unused since the Bush Administration in the US ?! Im kind of lost as you can see I DID read your story, but, didn't quite get which president was the last to live here. Help! Some fishy stuff going on in that palace. Looks like someone had a little kinky side business going on in there. So very interesting...i liked the shoes too. lol.



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That tunnel is amazing.




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Wow EPIC exploration! Thank you for sharing!




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Wow, that must have been really fun to explore. Great story! But like MisUnderstood said, I wouldn't like to see you get caught there.

Living in America, it's really strange to imagine a presidential palace allowed to just lie abandoned like that... Do you know what's going to happen to the building? I saw they were doing construction on it.




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Fantastic explore! I really like 8 and 43.



Btw, #36 are a set of vacuum cups. Traditionally can be used to remove toxins from the body, but have other, handy, and unorthodox uses.


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Well holiday's over now, so no, I didn't succeed in entering the country's most secure building. It is most likely being maintained by a staff.

Also, the 20-km escape tunnel is a real thing. I have it on a good source there are plural tunnels from under Cheong Wa Dae to places outside city limits.




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Well holiday's over now, so no, I didn't succeed in entering the country's most secure building. It is most likely being maintained by a staff.


Guess the jokes on me. I didn't Understand exactly WHAT building you explored. Was it part of the Gyeongbokgung complex at one time?!? or, just an explore near there. Im sorry if i didn't get it. I really would like to know.




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Holy fuck that's incredible...
Maybe she wasn't such a bad President, her shoes were just too tight




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Posted by MisUnderstood!


Guess the jokes on me. I didn't Understand exactly WHAT building you explored. Was it part of the Gyeongbokgung complex at one time?!? or, just an explore near there. Im sorry if i didn't get it. I really would like to know.


Picture the White House, and that's pretty well exactly it. Its location is heavily fortified behind Gyeongbokgung, especially these days. It's pretty readily visible in the first picture in the series.

I have an Iranian friend who was hiking up in the mountain, got a bit lost, and found himself at the back wall of Cheong Wa Dae. Security stopped him trying to take a shortcut over the wall and kindly helped him out the front gate. Not something I'd ever attempt though, and I don't look like a terrorist.




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Picture the White House, and that's pretty well exactly it. Its location is heavily fortified behind Gyeongbokgung, especially these days. It's pretty readily visible in the first picture in the series.

I have an Iranian friend who was hiking up in the mountain, got a bit lost, and found himself at the back wall of Cheong Wa Dae. Security stopped him trying to take a shortcut over the wall and kindly helped him out the front gate. Not something I'd ever attempt though, and I don't look like a terrorist.


Believe it or not, I've learned a lot from your postings and explores. Sometimes quite fun, but educational nonetheless. I always look forward to your threads... Thank you Steed.




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Believe it or not, I've learned a lot from your postings and explores. Sometimes quite fun, but educational nonetheless. I always look forward to your threads... Thank you Steed.


Thanks, hopefully you were able to separate reality from hoax this time around.

My other hoax this year, the abandoned US embassy, got a lot more attention on Facebook than here, which surprised me.




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Just when I thought you'd peaked out on locations you come up with this!
Outrageous location, and that tunnel is amazing. Thanks!




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Best thing I have seen posted here in a very long time, your heart must have been racing!

Amazing work my friend!!!!




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This is awesome, great job!




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I like the last few pictures in the tunnel and of the trashed building



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This is so cool, great pictures, great location. Well done!




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Coincidentally, one of my coworkers just wrote this article about what Cheong Wa Dae is really like:

Cheong Wa Dae - closed, inefficient palace




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Truly an epic explore!!!

I really like the shots. Seems as though the president left all the shoes when he got the boot.




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Posted by pip lol
Truly an epic explore!!!

I really like the shots. Seems as though the president left all the shoes when he got the boot.


She, and while she probably did, you probably should've read through all the comments to this post.




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