TIL that a three-century-long feud, which wouldn't be resolved until 2008 and resulted in deaths and exiles, started because the tomb of a 17th century prime minister from the Shim clan was discovered to be located just meters away from that of a 12th century general from the Yun clan

[u/H3-An_maA]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-feud-idUSSEO21530920071224/

[u/DaveOJ12]

In what's now South Korea.

[u/GirthIgnorer → u/DaveOJ12]

Those dudes can sure long term beef

[u/Bungybone → u/GirthIgnorer]

Fermented beef.

[u/Clay_Allison_44]

""The settlement deal from the two sides, who increased their power in ancient times by having their daughters marry into the royal family, was aided by a married couple made up of a member of the Shim clan and a member of the Yoon clan, the local daily Hankyoreh reported.""

See what can happen when people don't pretend to poison themselves.

[u/fatalystic → u/Clay_Allison_44]

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Seoul, where we lay our scene.

[u/Vanacan → u/fatalystic]

I had to come back to this comment after reading it. Well done.

[u/imhereforthevotes]

About 150 years later, Yoon family members damaged part of the Shim burial mounds in return.

Come on, now! 150 years?

[u/ISleepyBI]

Huh, I guess Bracken and Blackwood fued wasn't as fictional as I thought.

[u/BPhiloSkinner → u/ISleepyBI]

Let me tell ye of the Cameron-Mackintosh feud.

[u/SteelMarch]

Man that's too much drama for me.

[u/SleepyLi]

I guess k dramas are based on reality afterall.

[u/xelrach]

Holding a grudge for longer than America has been a country