Category: Society
- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 27, 1926 – Pawnshop Murder Puts Seoul
Wednesday, October 27, 1926 · Gyeongseong (Seoul) · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) "10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history" As you wind down your day, picture Seoul on this evening a century ago. Somewhere in the Jongno d…
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- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 13: King Muyeol, Architect of Unification
Episode 13: King Muyeol, Architect of Unification Winning a war is one skill. Designing the world that follows it is another. In 654 CE, a seasoned diplomat in his early fifties took the throne of Silla. He is remembered as King Taejong Mu…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 26, 1926 – Half a Year After Sunjong
Tuesday, October 26, 1926 · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) 10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history As you wind down your day, picture a Tuesday evening in Gyeongseong, today's Seoul. It is October 26, 1926. Six months ago …
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- Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 154] The Giant on the Bridge
That same evening, to the north of Changban (長坂), there stood a bridge called Changban Bridge (長坂橋). It was a wooden bridge crossing a small stream to the north of the long hill. Its width was narrow — too narrow for two horses side b…
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- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 12: Kim Chunchu
Episode 12: Kim Chunchu's Diplomacy - The Birth of the Silla-Tang Alliance An alliance is not an act of affection but of calculation. Yet to make that calculation work, someone first has to persuade the world's most powerful people. In 642…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 25, 1926 – A Monday in Seoul: Na Un-gyu
🕙 Evening Edition · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) Monday, October 25, 1926 · Gyeongseong (Seoul) 10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history As you wind down your day, picture a city with two stories running through it at on…
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- Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 153] The Father Who Threw the Child
Zhao Yun's (趙雲) horse reached the western hill of Liu Bei's (劉備) main body. The sun had not yet fully set behind the western horizon. A red glow still remained along one side of the sky. Zhao Yun dismounted. At the moment his knees tou…
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- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 11: Hwangnyongsa – The Heart of Silla Buddhism
Episode 11: Hwangnyongsa - The Heart of Silla Buddhism Today, a visitor to Hwangnyongsa in Gyeongju sees open grass and rows of foundation stones. Yet on this empty ground once stood a wooden tower roughly 80 meters high, taller than any c…
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- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 10: Queen Jindeok and Kim Chunchu, the Transfer of Royal Power
Episode 10: Queen Jindeok and Kim Chunchu - The Transfer of Royal Power Power rarely changes hands in a single dramatic moment. More often, the quietest seven years of a reign decide everything that follows. In the first month of 647, the …
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- Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 151] Seventy Rings of Siege (Book 5 *The Third Door* Finale)
The afternoon at Changban (長坂) was drawing toward evening. The column of twenty-four thousand, thanks to the rear-guard of Guan Yu (關羽) and Zhang Fei (張飛), had come fifteen li further south on this afternoon alone. And yet, the diffe…
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