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[100 years ago today] October 5, 1925 - Census workers roam the alleys of Gyeongseong…Locarno peace conference opens in Switzerland

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  1. On October 5, 1925, in Gyeongseong, census workers moved through the alleys collecting forms following the first census, while talks were held in Locarno, Switzerland.
  2. The Joseon Chongdokbu carried out a simplified national census at midnight on October 1, and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain gathered in Locarno.
  3. The Joseon Chongdokbu aimed to use the statistics as basic data for colonial rule, but concerns arose in Korean society about taxes and labor mobilization.

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[100 years ago today] October 5, 1925 - Census workers roam the alleys of Gyeongseong…Locarno peace conference opens in Switzerland

Official translation → Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [100년 전 오늘] 1925년 10월 5일 – 국세조사원, 경성 골목을 누비다…스위스에선 로카르노 평화회담 개막

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