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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 11, 1926 – Ten Days After “Arirang”: A Silent Film Gives Colonial Korea a Song to Sing
"10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history" As you wind down your day, imagine a crowded theater in Seoul, then called Gyeongseong. A silent film flickers on the screen, and a narrator speaks the story aloud. Then, when …
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 10, 1926 – Arirang Ten Days Into Its Run, a New Colonial Headquarters, Wuchang Falls, and the Cardinals
Sunday, October 10, 1926 · Keijō (Seoul) · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) — As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history It is the evening of Sunday, October 10, 1926. Ten days ago, a silent film opened in a Seoul theater, and by every…
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 8, 1926 – “Arirang” Packs Seoul
Friday, October 8, 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 a Friday evening in Seoul exactly a century ago. A week earlier, two thi…
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 7, 1926 – Six Days After the Colonial Palace Opens in Seoul, Wuchang Is Under Siege and “Arirang” Fills the Theaters
Thursday, October 7, 1926 · Gyeongseong · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) "As you wind down your day, reflect on a century of history." Six days earlier, a vast new stone building opened in front of the old Joseon royal palace. On the same day,…
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 6, 1926 – Day Six of Arirang, Day Five of the New Government-General Building
As you wind down your day, picture Seoul, then called Gyeongseong, on a Wednesday in early October 1926. Five days earlier, the colonial government had opened a vast new headquarters in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace. Six days earlier, a si…
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[100 Years Ago Today] October 2, 1926 – The Day After the New Government-General Building Opens, Arirang Plays Its Second Day in Seoul
Saturday, October 2, 1926 · Gyeongseong (Seoul) · Evening Edition 🕙 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history As you wind down your day, go back one hundred years. It is Saturday, October 2, 1926, i…
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