{
  "id": 17018044,
  "title": "Changyeong Palace brings its history to life through smartphone audio guides",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/changyeong-palace-brings-its-history-to-life-through-smartphone-audio",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T06:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20261029/changyeong-palace-brings-its-history-to-life-through-smartphone-audio-guides"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Visitors to Changyeong Palace can now delve into the palace's royal past with the help of a new smartphone audio guide. This innovative service, launched by the Changyeong Palace Management Office in collaboration with Shinhan Bank, aims to make the historical site more accessible to diverse audiences. The guide, available in Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese, as well as sign-language videos for those with hearing impairments, offers a multi-lingual experience that brings the palace's history to life.\n\nAccessing the audio commentary is a simple process. Visitors need only scan QR codes at Honghwamun, the palace's main entrance, and at key locations throughout the grounds. These codes direct users to Shinhan Bank's Beautiful Shinhan website, where the audio guides reside. The service provides basic information about the palace's architectural features and history, while also incorporating dramatized narratives of significant historical events. Professional voice actors, alongside actors Kim Young-min and Kim Hyun-joo, lend their talents to narrate these engaging stories.",
  "summary": "Visitors to Changyeong Palace can now explore its royal history through their smartphones, with a new audio guide offering stories of the historic site in multiple languages and making its cultural heritage more accessible. The Changyeong Palace Management Office, part of the Korea Heritage Service’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center, launched the service Thursday in partnership with Shinhan Bank, a…",
  "key_points": [
    "Changyeong Palace offers smartphone audio guide for visitors.",
    "Guide available in multiple languages, including sign language.",
    "QR codes at entrance and key locations provide access to audio."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Multilingual audio guides and sign-language videos transform the palace into a more inclusive destination by using dramatized narratives to bridge the gap between historical architecture and diverse visitor groups.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}