MASSACRE IN COREA. Hongkong, December 15.
Intelligence has been received from Corea of the outbreak of a revolt in that country. The rebels chose the occasion of a banquet which was being given by the King to make an attack upon the palace. The King's son and six Ministers were murdered by the rebels, but the King made his escape and fled 10 the hills. So far as is known, the residents of the capital are safe, and a gunboat lias arrived there to quell the revolt.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1943, 18 December 1884, Page 2
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87MASSACRE IN COREA. Hongkong, December 15. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1943, 18 December 1884, Page 2
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