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100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 19, 1926 – London Opens the Imperial Conference That Defined “Commonwealth” While Colonial Korea Watches Arirang and a New Seat of Power
As you wind down your day, picture two rooms on the same Tuesday, one hundred years ago. In London, statesmen from Britain and its self-governing Dominions sit down at Lancaster House to decide what "equal" means. In Seoul, then called Kei…
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/19 22:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 147] The Fire You Leave Behind
On the night of the third day, the twenty-four thousand people of Xinye (新野) at last crossed the southern river. At the hour when the last person stepped upon the far bank, the oil lamp in the west room of the magistrate's office at Xiny…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/19 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 5: King Jijeung’s Reforms – The Birth of “Silla”
Episode 5: King Jijeung's Reforms - The Birth of "Silla" A name is the oldest brand there is. The word "Silla" (新羅) was chosen in a court debate in the year 503, when Europe's new Germanic kingdoms were still deciding what kind of states…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/19 09:33
100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 18, 1926 – A Monday in Seoul, Two Weeks After the Colonial Headquarters Opened and “Arirang” Packed the Theaters
It is Monday evening in Seoul, October 18, 1926. The week's work is done for the first day, and the lamps are coming on. Two weeks earlier, the colonial government had celebrated its vast new headquarters in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace. …
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/18 22:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 146] The Emptied City
A month had passed since Kongming (孔明) took his seat upon the cushion at Xinye (新野); it was early autumn. In the seventh month of the autumn of Jian'an 13 (208 CE), the great army of Cao Cao (曹操) in the north at last began to move so…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/18 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 4: In Goguryeo
Episode 4: In Goguryeo's Shadow - Kings Silseong and Nulji What happens when a boy raised as a hostage in a rival court grows up to wear a crown? In the early fifth century, Silla was a modest kingdom in the southeast of the Korean peninsu…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/18 09:33
100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 17, 1926 – A Sunday in Seoul: Arirang Enters Its Third Week, the New Colonial Headquarters Two Weeks Old, and Wuchang Fallen a Week Earlier
Sunday, October 17, 1926 · Evening Edition · 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 the evening of Sunday, October 17, 1926. Two weeks earlier, on…
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/17 22:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 145] A Greeting Beneath the Banner
Three days after the fire at Bowang had died out, Kongming (孔明) arrived for the first time at the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野). The afternoon sun had just begun to tilt west. Beneath the banner before the north gate of the office,…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/17 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 3: King Naemul, the True Beginning of Silla
Episode 3: King Naemul, the True Beginning of Silla In the very years when Rome was losing its grip on the West, a small kingdom in the southeast corner of the Korean peninsula was learning how to hold power together. Before King Naemul, t…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/17 09:33
100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 16, 1926 – Seoul Two Weeks After the New Colonial Headquarters Opened: Arirang on the Screen, the June 10 Case in Court
Saturday, October 16, 1926 · Keijo (Seoul) 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history As you wind down your day, picture a Saturday evening in Seoul exactly one hundred years ago. Two weeks earlier, a…
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/16 22:10

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