Don’t Take it Literally
I think I’ll continue making posts here and there based on a collection of US military documents from early postwar occupied Korea that I discuss in my la...
Author: K. M. Lawson
A Most Unusual Invasion
Preparations for my oral exams this spring has prevented me from contributing much recently but I have started to take an hour away from my orals reading every ...
1950 Gallup Poll on Chinese Troops in Korea
While trying to track down two Gallup polls from 1947 and 1948 related to the role of the United Nations, I came across an interesting US Gallup poll from Decem...
1946 Survey Question about the Character of the Japanese People
While looking for some old Gallup polls in Lexis-Nexis, I came across the following poll question from May of 1946. Some readers may find either the results or ...
Hikokumin in Fukuoka
Asahi and Yomiuri newspapers both have reports on an October incident in a Fukuoka junior high school in which a teacher passed out copies of wartime “Red...
Demands of the Tonghak Rebels
Some fifteen years ago in a Journal of Korean Studies article entitled “The Conservative Character of the 1894 Tonghak Peasant Uprising” Lew Young I...
Asian History Carnival 2
The 2nd installment of the Asian History Carnival is coming next week, December 12th. The announcement is out a bit late but send your nominations to konrad [at...
Asian History Carnival 2
The 2nd installment of the Asian History Carnival is coming next week, December 12th. The announcement is out a bit late but send your nominations to konrad [at...
Asian History Carnival 2
The 2nd installment of the Asian History Carnival is coming next week, December 12th. The announcement is out a bit late but send your nominations to konrad [at...
Takeuchi Yoshimi on E. H. Norman
It is a fairly rare thing to see Japanese public intellectuals pour praise on the work of historians of Japan who are active outside of Japan. It is heartening,...
Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part V – The Korean Mind and other Characteristics
Before diving into some descriptions of the Korean mind and personality in the readings considered in this series of postings (Part I begins here), let me make ...
Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part IV – Women
As one might expect, descriptions of Korean women in the writings by Western visitors that I have looked at tend to be completely dominated by the theme of pity...
Ling Long: Digital Women's Magazine Project Relaunched
I just found out that Columbia University has relaunched its project putting the Chinese women’s magazine Ling long (玲瓏, “elegant and fine”）on...
Henny Savenije’s Korea Website
I’ll continue posting on Western perceptions of Korea here at Frog in a Well throughout the week. I have at least seven parts planned for it. In the meant...
Finding Korea Related Images Online
There are lots of great places online to find images related to Korea. While I’m still looking for a good website which compiles links to some of the many...