Once more, dear friends, into the breach….
In my first post here I said that I was going to be teaching a Korean history course for the first time: I lied. Or rather, I was scheduled to teach it, but the...
Category: Korea
Japanese Publications on Colonial Bureaucracy
I would like to introduce two recent publications on colonial bureaucrats here. One is Okamoto Makiko, Shokuminchi kanryô no seijishi (岡本真希子『植民地官僚の政治史：朝鮮・台湾総督府と...
Reflecting on “Giants”
Todd Crowell reports that Kim Dae Jung is seriously ill and reflects on his life and career as a “Giant of [Asian] Democracy” For Kim achieving the ...
Korean War in art
Japan Focus has an article detailing and displaying Gobau’s Korean War art which has a plethora of arresting images. Gobau worked from the Republic of Kor...
North Korean Propoganda Posters
Thanks to Adam at Mutantfrog for pointing me to these North Korean Propoganda posters. I think this is my favorite but the whole group is worth a look.
“Prosthetic Memories”
Seungsook Moon at Japan Focus has an interesting historiographical essay about the contested life and legacy of Park Chung Hee, who led Korea through the 60s an...
History Carnival #75: Semisesquicentennial! Terquasquigenary! Septuagesiquintennial!
Note: The History Carnival is still looking for a May 1st host, as well as hosts for the summer and beyond. Contact Sharon Howard (sharon$@$earlymodernweb$.$org...
Dokdo is Korean for “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”
Apparently inspired by the success of other international publicity campaigns around disputed lands — Tibetan independence, Pakistani claims to Kashmir, t...
North Korea’s engagement with the world
I remember the shocked look on my students’ faces fifteen years ago when I told them that we actually had no idea how decisions were made or leaders picke...
December History Carnival Posted
The December History Carnival is up, and it includes a few Korea bits. Also lots of other neat stuff.
Asian History Carnival 21
Tang Dynasty Times has the latest — and a great collection it is, too — and promises to have a second edition in a month!
Coming Soon: 21st Asian History Carnival
The first of two parts of the 21st Asian History Carnival will be coming soon on August 23rd to the Tang Dynasty Times! Read more and submit your nominations fo...
The Sideshow in Korea?
Yet the costly Iraq war must also be recognised as a sideshow in the Bush global counteroffensive against Islamist militancy, just as the far more costly Korean...
Modernization or Japanization? –The Movie “Homeless Angels” 1941
I had a chance to watch a Korean movie from the colonial period, called “Homeless Angels (집없는 천사, 家なき天使),” at the Korean Film Archive (KFA) in Susek...
Asian History Carnival #20
The Asian History Carnival #20 is now up at Jottings from the Granite Studio! It comes in three parts: Asian History Carnival #20 Part I Asian History Carnival ...