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This installment of The Pacific Story traces the long history of Korea's dealings with Japan, from Hideyoshi's invasion of 1592 through the treaties and diplomatic pressure of the early 1900s. It describes the 1895 murder of Queen Min Song by Japanese agents and the avenger Kim Ku's later pursuit of Captain Tsuchida. It then covers Japan's forced acquisition of Korean sovereignty, the bloodshed of the 1910 annexation period, and the 1919 Declaration of Independence signed by thirty-three Koreans. The account ends in the present day, with Korean patriots said to be ready to act against Japanese war industries.
Korea and Japan, from the 1592 invasion through the 1919 independence movement, with scenes in Seoul and Suwon and a diplomatic conference at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Characters: Hideyoshi, Inui, Queen Min Song, Captain Tsuchida, Kim Ku, Marquis Ito, General Hasegawa, Han Kyu-sul
Listen for: The account of the Declaration of Independence reading at the Pagoda restaurant in Seoul on March 1, 1919, and the reprisals that followed.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.