This guide has been replaced by a fuller, current version. Everything here is covered there in more detail — the two-line rule exactly as published, the collar test, why a one-piece hanbok dress is refused, the extra condition on a waist skirt, and the one place hanbok does not help.
Hanbok Free Entry to Korean Palaces 2026: What Actually Counts at the Gate →
The short version, unchanged: Gyeongbokgung costs 3,000 won, and hanbok makes it zero. Top and bottom both have to qualify, and foreigners are explicitly included in the rule.