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[100 Years Ago Today] September 2, 1926 - Two Weeks... One Month Before Opening, the New Government-General Building Was Built by the Hands of Day Laborers

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  1. On September 2, 1926, in Gwanghwamun, Gyeongseong, finishing work continued on the new Joseonchongdokbu Government-General Building, one month before its opening ceremony.
  2. In the building, where the first shovel was turned in 1916, Korean workers who received a daily wage carried materials on A-frames and worked on scaffolding.
  3. The opening ceremony was scheduled for October 1, Administrative Reform Day, while the trial of 11 students charged over the June 10 independence demonstrations was scheduled for November.

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[100 Years Ago Today] September 2, 1926 - Two Weeks... One Month Before Opening, the New Government-General Building Was Built by the Hands of Day Laborers

Official translation → Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [100년 전 오늘] 1926년 9월 2일 – 낙성식 한 달 앞둔 총독부 신청사, 벽돌을 나른 건 하루살이 인부들의 손이었다

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