Thursday 7 November 2019
To All Who Would Like to Know About Korea in 1908:
It is possible (though I cannot imagine such a thing) that you might not care about the state of Korea in 1908. Please do not hesitate to unsubscribe. But, in fact, the story of early Korea is surprisingly interesting. And I am off on Saturday to learn more about that story in Korea itself, in Seoul.
Below is a properly uniformed Korean officer as of 1899. This is the frontispiece photo from the book THINGS KOREAN by Horace N. Allen, MD, medical missionary who, after an assassination attack, saved the life of the nephew of the Queen of Korea, thus opening th
e way for an appreciation and acceptance of many things Western by the Royal Family and later the general public of Korea.
How The Hermit Kingdom moved from rags to the wild riches of the twenty-first century has its basis in the events of the late nineteenth century. As you will see.
