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The first Westerner to die in Seoul has been honored at a ceremony led by the Czech Ambassador.
The flower-laying ceremony at the Chemulpo Foreigners’ Cemetery in Incheon was held in commemoration of the first foreign correspondent to Korea and the first Westerner who died in Seoul in 1886.
This month marks 126 years since the arrival and death in Seoul of Prague-born American reporter, Maxmilian Taubeles ― also known as Max Taubles.
The trailblazing journalist was the first foreign correspondent to come, and also the first Westerner to die here after the opening up of Korea.
The former writer for the San Francisco Examiner traveled here to live in Seoul and report for U.S. magazine Harper’s.
But before he could file his first story, he contracted smallpox and died just one month after his arrival.
He was buried at Incheon’s Chemulpo Foreigners’ Cemetery, where Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa officiated a memorial ceremony for him on March 15 to mark the anniversary of his death.
The flower-laying ceremony at the Chemulpo Foreigners’ Cemetery in Incheon was held in commemoration of the first foreign correspondent to Korea and the first Westerner who died in Seoul in 1886.
This month marks 126 years since the arrival and death in Seoul of Prague-born American reporter, Maxmilian Taubeles ― also known as Max Taubles.
The trailblazing journalist was the first foreign correspondent to come, and also the first Westerner to die here after the opening up of Korea.
The former writer for the San Francisco Examiner traveled here to live in Seoul and report for U.S. magazine Harper’s.
But before he could file his first story, he contracted smallpox and died just one month after his arrival.
He was buried at Incheon’s Chemulpo Foreigners’ Cemetery, where Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa officiated a memorial ceremony for him on March 15 to mark the anniversary of his death.
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Articles by Korea Herald
