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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 13, 1925 – Imperial Envoy Reaches Seoul, Police Mobilize for Shrine Ceremony
Good evening. It's 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC), October 13, 1925 — a Tuesday — one hundred years ago tonight, and this is "100 Years Ago Today." Under a crisp autumn sky, Gyeongseong (colonial-era Seoul) had been on edge since dawn. Police …
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- Gojoseon
[History Lives On – Gojoseon] Episode 14: War with Han Dynasty – The Siege of Wanggeom Castle
[History Lives On - Gojoseon Series] Episode 14: War with Han Dynasty - The Siege of Wanggeom Castle Episode 14: War with Han Dynasty - The Siege of Wanggeom Castle "When dark clouds of war gather over the Korean Peninsula today, what echo…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 12, 1925 – Flood Recovery Drags On as the Provisional Government Struggles to Form a Cabinet
10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) - As you wind down your day, reflect on a century of history It is Monday, October 12, 1925, in Gyeongseong, colonial Korea. No confirmed weather record survives for this specific day, though by the lunar calenda…
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[History Lives On – Gojoseon] Episode 13: Gojoseon and Jinhan – Relations with Southern Korea
[History Lives On - Gojoseon] Episode 13: Gojoseon and Jinhan - Relations with Southern Korea Episode 13: Gojoseon and Jinhan - Relations with Southern Korea In 2025, high-speed trains connect Seoul to Busan in 2.5 hours. In the 2nd centur…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 11, 1925 – Locarno Nears a Deal, Shanghai Falls to War, Seoul
Good evening. It's 10:10 PM in Korea as we look back a century, to Sunday, October 11, 1925. Seoul kept the day quiet — church bells over Jeongdong and Jongno, hammering still rising from a stadium construction site, a press trial dragging…
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[History Lives On – Gojoseon Chronicle] Episode 12: Iron Age Dawn – Gojoseon’s Technological Revolution
[History Lives On - Gojoseon Series] Episode 12: Iron Age Dawn - Gojoseon Technological Revolution Episode 12: Iron Age Dawn - Gojoseon's Technological Revolution Molten iron pours into the mold. Within 1,200 degrees of intense heat, a new…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 10, 1925 – Forbidden City Opens as Palace Museum While Seoul
Good evening. It's 10:10 PM in Korea as we look back a century, to Saturday, October 10, 1925. On this single day, a newspaper's presses sat seized in colonial Seoul, a flood-battered city tried to rebuild before winter, an emperor's palac…
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[History Lives On – Gojoseon] Episode 11: The Trading Powerhouse – Wiman Joseon’s Economic Strategy
[History Lives On - Gojoseon] Episode 11: The Trading Powerhouse - Wiman Joseon's Economic Strategy Episode 11: The Trading Powerhouse - Wiman Joseon's Economic Strategy In 2025, South Korea ranks as the world's 9th largest trading nation,…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 9, 1925 – Korea’s First Census Winds Down, Revealing Half a Million Missing Women
Friday, October 9, 1925. Autumn light lingered over Gyeongseong, colonial Korea's capital, as census takers finished their rounds on the ninth day of the country's first modern population count. A preliminary tally, released just days earl…
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[History Lives On – Gojoseon] Episode 10: Wiman’s Coup – A Turning Point in Political History
Episode 10: Wiman's Coup - A Turning Point in Political History In 2025, coups still make headlines. Military forces seize power, legitimate governments fall. But what if we told you that the archetype of such political upheaval can be tra…
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