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[100 Years Ago Today] October 7, 1926 – Six Days After the Opening of the New Joseon Governor-General Building Inside Gyeongbokgung and the Arirang Craze in Gyeongseong on a Thursday
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- On Thursday, October 7, 1926, Gyeongseong was still feeling the effects of the completion ceremony for the new Joseon Governor-General headquarters six days earlier and the screening of the film Arirang.
- The headquarters inside Gyeongbokgung began construction in 1916 and was completed in December 1925, with the cost reported at about 7 million yen; Arirang premiered at the Danseongsa theater.
- No newspaper reports describing that day itself, nor data on workers' numbers or wages, have been confirmed, and this article is a serialized look back at the trends of the time.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [100년 전 오늘] 1926년 10월 7일 – 경복궁 앞 새 총독부 청사 낙성 엿새째, 우무한의 포위전과 아리랑 열풍 속 경성의 목요일
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