{
  "id": 9637481,
  "title": "Joseon court dancer crossed to Paris; Pansori singer brings her home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/joseon-court-dancer-crossed-to-paris-pansori-singer-brings-her-home",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T22:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20260925/joseon-court-dancer-crossed-to-paris-pansori-singer-brings-her-home"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the late 1800s, a dancer from the Joseon Dynasty named Li-Tsin embarked on a journey to Paris. Her lover, a French diplomat, accompanied her on this voyage. The details of her journey are largely based on a 1904 memoir by Hippolyte Frandin, France's second minister to Korea. However, the authenticity of this account has been a subject of debate among scholars. This scant record is what inspired pansori singer Shin Jin-won to craft a narrative of a woman who is scarcely mentioned in historical archives. Shin, who holds a certification in pansori, a traditional form of Korean narrative storytelling accompanied by a drum, presented a performance titled \"Li-Tsin: A Woman Without a Name\" on September 12. Director Lee Wang-soo played a significant role in expanding the world of this story, going beyond Shin's initial imagination.",
  "summary": "Almost nothing survives of Lee Jin, the woman a French memoir records as \"Li-Tsin.\" A court dancer in the final years of the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, she is said to have sailed to Paris in the 1890s with her lover, a French diplomat, then returned to a country that no longer had a place for her. The record rests almost entirely on a single source: \"En Coree\" a memoir published in 1904 by…",
  "key_points": [
    "Joseon Dynasty dancer Li-Tsin traveled to Paris in late 1800s",
    "French diplomat was Li-Tsin's lover on the journey",
    "Pansori singer Shin Jin-won created narrative based on limited record"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Joseon court dancer crossed to Paris; Pansori singer brings her home",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/joseon-court-dancer-crossed-to-paris-pansori-singer-brings-her-home-9641043",
        "published": "2026-09-24T22:42:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}