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Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 144] Fire in the Reed Forest
A month and a half later, on an afternoon in the late summer of Jian'an 13 (208 CE). The reed forest north of Bowangpo (博望坡) was already turning yellow. The forest Guan Yu (關羽) had inspected a month earlier had proven thicker than exp…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/16 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 2: Three Clans, One Throne
Episode 2: Three Clans, One Throne Few states have let a single family own the crown for a thousand years. Early Silla chose another path: three clans took turns. The Samguk Sagi and the Samguk Yusa describe an early royal house that passe…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/16 09:33
100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 15, 1926 – Two Weeks After a New Colonial Seat Opens and “Arirang” Hits Screens, Seoul Braces for Autumn
Friday, October 15, 1926 · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) 10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history Two weeks earlier, on October 1, 1926, two things happened in Seoul on the same day. A grand new building opened for the col…
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/15 22:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 143] The First Plan Shared
On returning from Wolonggang (臥龍崗), Liu Bei (劉備) that very night hung the map on the wall of the west room in the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野). The map was five chi wide. Hung at the center of the wall, it brought the room's ai…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/15 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 1: Bak Hyeokgeose and the Seed of a Thousand-Year Kingdom
Episode 1: Bak Hyeokgeose and the Seed of a Thousand-Year Kingdom Rome had a she-wolf. Korea's longest-lived dynasty had an egg. But behind both legends stands a harder question: who gets to say a ruler is legitimate? According to the Samg…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/15 09:33
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 142] Three Slices of the World
Under the afternoon light, the three slices of the five-chi (尺) map grew clearer by one measure. Kongming (孔明), with the tip of his fan, placed a dot upon each slice in turn. The three dots were each a different color. At the center of …
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/14 20:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 141] A Map of Five Measures
On the morning after the third stride, Kongming (孔明) opened before Liu Bei (劉備) a paper map five chi (尺) wide. The map followed the same composition as the three strands drawn upon the earth of the yard yesterday. Only now, upon the p…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/13 20:10
History Lives
[History Lives On – Baekje Series] Episode 30: Epilogue – Baekje, the Forgotten Kingdom Reborn
Episode 30: Epilogue - Baekje, the Forgotten Kingdom Reborn The kingdom fell in 660, but the flame of a Baekje incense burner rose again from the mud more than 1,300 years later. After thirty episodes we reach the final chapter. By the Sam…
The Korean Today 333 · 2026/10/13 09:33
100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 12, 1926 – Eleven Days After the Colonial Palace-Office Opened and “Arirang” Premiered, a Tuesday in Gyeongseong
Tuesday, October 12, 1926 · Evening Edition 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) · As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history Good evening. As you wind down your day, picture Gyeongseong, today's Seoul, on Tuesday, October 12, 1926. A cave…
The Korean Today 1010 · 2026/10/12 22:10
Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 140] The Courtyard of the One Who Waits
On the morning after the third gate had opened, Liu Bei (劉備) and Kongming (孔明) continued their conversation upon the stone in the yard at Wolonggang (臥龍崗). The first brief exchange had been about "the difference between a name and a…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/12 20:10

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