100 Years Ago Today
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[100 Years Ago Today] September 1, 1926 – Japan
Wednesday, September 1, 1926 · Evening Edition 10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history Good evening. It is 10:10 PM KST on September 1, 2026 — which means, in the world we are revisiting tonight, it is a warm late-summ…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 31, 1926 – Northern Expedition Troops Reach Wuchang
Evening Edition · Tuesday, August 31, 1926 🕙 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) — As you wind down your day, a century unfolds Good evening. It is Tuesday, August 31, 1926, in colonial Korea. Two stories reach us tonight: one from a newspaper off…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 30, 1926 – A Seoul Reporter Awaited Trial as Hesheng Bridge Fell at Noon
It was Monday evening in Seoul — 10:10 PM, August 30, 1926. Dong-a Ilbo reporter Choi Won-sun had been counting the days: nine more until his trial. Thousands of miles away, in China's Hubei province, revolutionary soldiers had seized a br…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 29, 1926 – The Anniversary No One Could Speak Of, as Gunboats Clashed on the Yangtze
Sunday, August 29, 1926 · Gyeongseong (Seoul), Colonial Korea Good evening, and welcome to "100 Years Ago Today." As you wind down your Sunday, let's travel back exactly a century, to a Gyeongseong just past the autumn-cooling day of Cheos…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 28, 1926 – Colonial Korea
Good evening, and welcome back. It's 10:10 PM in Seoul, but a century ago tonight, the city carried a different weight. Two days earlier, colonial Korea had lost one of its brightest young literary voices — a novelist not yet twenty-six. T…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 26, 1926 – At 25, Novelist Na Do-hyang Dies, Korea
On the evening of Thursday, August 26, 1926, word spread through Seoul's literary circles that a 25-year-old novelist had died after a long illness — and Korean fiction lost one of its brightest young voices. As night falls across the Paci…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 25, 1926 – Seoul Read of “Warlords
Evening Edition · Wednesday, August 25, 1926 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) — As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history Good evening, and welcome to "100 Years Ago Today." As you wind down your day, let's step back to a Wednesday in…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 24, 1926 – As New York Rioted Over Valentino
Evening Edition · Tuesday, August 24, 1926 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) - As you wind down your day, reflect on a century of history Good evening, and welcome back to "100 Years Ago Today." It's 10:10 PM here in Korea, one day past Cheoseo —…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 23, 1926 – As Summer
Monday, August 23, 1926 · The Solar Term of Cheoseo · Gyeongseong Edition 🕙 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) · Evening Edition Good evening. As you wind down your day, step back with us to a Monday when the Korean calendar marked Cheoseo, the s…
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[100 Years Ago Today] August 22, 1926 – One Column, One Sentence: A Reporter Is Sent to Trial
It was Sunday, August 22, 1926, in Gyeongseong — the colonial-era name for Seoul. The late-summer heat still clung to the streets, one day shy of Cheoseo, the solar term marking the retreat of summer. The city felt unremarkable, quiet in i…
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