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TIL the last princess of Korea died in 1989, after 37 years spent in Japan, returning to Korea in tears, and resided in Changdeok Palace until her death, the last royal resident to reside there. Her parents would’ve been the last Emperor and Empress of Korea had it not been annexed to Japan in 1910.

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