[100 Years Ago Today] July 29, 1926 - Park Yeol and His Wife's 'Indecent Photos' in Prison Shake Tokyo and Gyeongseong

1. On July 29, 1926, a photo of Park Yeol and Kaneko Fumiko together in prison spread as a printed item called the 'scandalous document', shaking Japanese politics.
2. The opposition parties Jeongu-hoe and Jeongu Bondang used the photo to attack the Wakatsuki Cabinet, and the Japanese government banned newspaper publication of it from that day.
3. The same ban was applied to Korean newspapers, and rumors spread despite censorship, and the judge who had permitted the photo to be taken later submitted his resignation.

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