Series Index

Every record attached to a single event, gathered in one place. The event is the title of the series; the part number is the reading order.

Ordered by date of event — read them in the order they happened.

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Colonial era

6 series

The documents that surrendered sovereignty, and the names that refused

190511.17★ Patriots' DayStandalone

The Eulsa coerced pact

Korea lost its diplomatic sovereignty. The five ministers who assented became the Five Eulsa Traitors.

1Writing Down the Names — The Five Eulsa Traitors, 17 November 1905On 17 November 1905 the Korean Empire's diplomatic sovereignty was handed over on the assent of five men. This entry records the names and offices in that room, the peerages they were paid, and the names that answered with their lives.2026.08.1612 min read

191008.22Standalone

Annexation treaty signed

Yi Wan-yong signed as prime minister — five years after the Eulsa pact.

1They Took the Titles — The Gyeongsul Traitors and 76 Peers, 22 August 1910The treaty was signed on 22 August 1910 and proclaimed only a week later. In between, 76 Koreans received Japanese peerages and 3,645 received grants. A title was not an honour but a receipt — and receipts survive.2026.08.1911 min read

191008.29Standalone

The National Humiliation

The treaty was proclaimed and the Korean Empire ceased to exist — one week after signing.

1The Day They Were Told — 29 August 1910The country changed hands on 22 August; people learned of it on the 29th. The eight days between were not empty but managed so as not to be known.2026.08.298 min read

193608.25Standalone

The erased rising sun

The Dong-A Ilbo published a photo of marathon champion Sohn Kee-chung with the flag erased from his chest.

1Two Papers Erased It, One Survived — August 1936In August 1936 two newspapers erased the Japanese flag from Sohn Kee-chung's chest. The first to do so closed the following year. The name we give the episode today omits it.2026.08.257 min read

194009.17Standalone

Korean Liberation Army founded

The Provisional Government's regular army was established in Chongqing.

1An Army With Two Founding Dates — The Korean Liberation Army, 17 September 1940The declaration came on 15 September; the ceremony was held on the 17th. It took four more years before the army could act on its own orders.2026.09.177 min read

194210.01Standalone

The Korean Language Society incident

Scholars compiling a Korean dictionary were arrested as independence activists; 33 were seized.

1The Dictionary Manuscript Became Evidence — The Korean Language Society Incident, October 1, 1942우리말 사전을 만들던 학자들이 치안유지법 위반으로 붙잡혔다. 판결은 광복 이틀 전에 확정됐고, 증거물로 압수된 원고는 해방 뒤 서울역 창고에서 나왔다.2026.10.015 min read

Contemporary

2 series

State violence after liberation, and the reckoning with it

194809.22Standalone

Anti-National Acts Punishment Act enacted

The founding National Assembly wrote the reckoning into law. It was repealed two years and five months later.

1Law No. 3, and Two Years Five Months — The Anti-National Acts Punishment Act, 22 September 1948The third law this republic ever made was for reckoning with collaboration. Some 680 were investigated, seven were sentenced, and the law was repealed in two years and five months.2026.09.226 min read

202608.072 parts

'Not in the Dictionary' — Ahn Sang-ho and a question from 2026

A television remark surfaced the record of Ahn Sang-ho, a 1916 councillor of a pro-Japanese association. His name is not among the dictionary's 4,389 — the list is not complete, and even his descendants did not know.

A series is never closed. When a new record attaches to the same event, it is written into this index.