Why Korea's Queen Min had to die | ASSASSINS
October 16, 2025
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as posted by the channelHow do you assassinate someone when you don’t know what they look like?
The K-Pop Demon Hunter of her time, Korea’s first Empress, Queen Min, was a total badass. But there weren’t any reliable images of her, so no one beyond her immediate court knew what she looked like.
Which turned out to be a problem when samurai assassins, part of a rabble-rousing mob, stormed her palace early one morning with one thing on their mind.
A progressive woman, who outmaneuvered every man in her court, Queen Min was assassinated by those in power for being ahead of her time – and trying to drag her country, the so-called Hermit Kingdom, out of the past with her.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: John Jacobs
Video Producer: Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
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