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TODAY · EVENTS
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tax each household
or tax the land
A HUNDRED-YEAR TAX FIGHT

Tax the Household, or the Land?

Every household owed the crown local goods, however little land it farmed. One reform would tax the land instead. It took a hundred years.

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One story about Korea a day. Art, people, ideas and events, told mostly in pictures.

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The Burden
Tomorrow
The Fight
In two days
The Market
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ART · PART 2 OF 3
The Moon Jar
A white porcelain jar that is never quite round.
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IDEAS · JOSEON, 1559–1566
Where Do Good Feelings Come From?
A seven-year argument by letter.
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PEOPLE · MODERN KOREA, 1896–1948
The New Woman
Na Hye-seok, painter and writer.
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