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[100 Years Ago Today] September 8, 1926 - One Line in 'Hoengseolsuseol' Leads to Eight-Month Prison Request for Reporter Choe Won-sun

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  1. On September 8, 1926, at the Gyeongseong District Court, prosecutors sought eight months in prison for Choe Won-sun, a reporter for the Dong-A Ilbo, and six months of detention for Kim Cheol-jung, the newspaper's publisher.
  2. Choe Won-sun was charged under the Security Act and Kim Cheol-jung under the Press Act over an August 22 article in the 'Hoengseolsuseol' column that allegedly satirized the rule of the Government-General of Korea.
  3. On the same day, 11 students involved in the June 10th Independence Movement were still awaiting a verdict in their trial.

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[100 Years Ago Today] September 8, 1926 - One Line in 'Hoengseolsuseol' Leads to Eight-Month Prison Request for Reporter Choe Won-sun

Official translation → Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [100년 전 오늘] 1926년 9월 8일 – 「횡설수설」 한 줄에 기자 최원순, 징역 8개월 구형받다

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