Pine tree prophecy and the burning of Deoksu Palace
Posted : 2021-01-31 10:55
By Robert Neff
On a cold morning in early January 1904 ― just as the sun began to rise ― a small crowd had gathered in a market in Seoul, their attention fixed not upon the wares that were being offered that day, but upon a poster that had been nailed up. A policeman, probably drawn by the crowd s animated whispering, approached and the crowd yielded diffidently as he made a path to the displayed poster. It took him but a few minutes to read the proclamation before he ripped it down, tucked it into his flowing tunic and returned to police headquarters.