A Look Back at a 1892 Korean Bank Robbery

Historian Robert Neff has another interesting historical nugget in the Korea Times about one of the first reported bank robberies in South Korea:

One of the first bank robberies in Korea took place in Jemulpo (modern Incheon) on June 25, 1892 ― a dreadfully hot day. A young Japanese employee of the First National Bank of Japan went to the Korean Customs Office to collect the daily duties on goods being imported and exported through the port. It was a fairly substantial amount of money ― nearly 700 dollars.

Korea Times

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