[100 Years Ago Today] August 13, 1926 – Seodaemun Prison in the Summer Heat, and the Summer of Those Waiting on Prisoners

1. On August 13, 1926, Gyeongseong was in the heat of late summer, and outside Seodaemun Prison the families of imprisoned students waited, a story from 100 years ago.
2. Eleven people, including students from Jungang Godeungbotonghakgyo and Yeonhui Jeonmun linked to the June 10 Independence Movement, were indicted under Ordinance No. 7 and the Publication Act, and waited nearly three months for a formal trial.
3. That same year there were 55 nationwide school strikes, and a table compares how the Dong-A Ilbo and other newspapers suffered under censorship with the changes of today.

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