Empress Myeongseong is a 2001 and 2002 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2.

Background

Empress Myeongseong is considered the last empress of Korea. She was assassinated in 1895.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Royal Family Palace/Inner Court Empress Myeongseong’s family/Yeoheung Min clan Unhyeon Palace Imo Incident Gapsin Coup Donghak Peasant Revolution Eulmi Incident Extended Japanese Legation Group Qing Dynasty figures German figures Russian figures Britain figures American figures

Two Empress Myeongseong Actresses

It was reported that Lee Mi-Yeon signed a contract with KBS for this drama for only 100 episodes. However, due to high viewership rates, KBS wanted to extend the episodes for more than 100 originally. Since Lee Mi-Yeon wanted to stick with the original contract, she refused to do more than 100 episodes. However, KBS said still extended Empress Myeongseong and had Choi Myung-Gil for the role. Lee Mi-Yeon's last episode was Episode 81 and Choi Myung-Gil started at Episode 82. The viewers should not be confused as Lee Mi-Yeon also had a death scene which is actually a music video for the OST.

Awards