There are Japanese legacies, and then there are Japanese legacies
When you’ve been a colony for a few decades, the marks of that experience don’t simply disappear overnight. We can refer to these marks as “le...
Category: Korea
The Chinese Monster
Near Kwanghwamun this afternoon there were a number of nationalist Anti-China placards set up. Could China someday become the new Japan? I think it is too early...
Now you can join the Righteous Army
Seodaemun prison was open to the public today and as I write this posting various patriotic performances are underway on the grounds of a prison where the priso...
Comfort Women at the Japanese Embassy
A huge number of buses lined the central street that leads up to Kwanghwamun gate (which is no longer there, since it has been deemed a worthwhile expenditure t...
Kim Dae-jung – the “Pro-Japanese” Traitor?
Leaflet being handed out near the Japanese embassy today: On every trip I have made to Korea I have come across leaflets handed out at station exits accusing so...
Korean Patriots and Japanese Incense
This afternoon I dropped by the “Independence Hall” (독립관) found near the independence gate. It was open today for the festivities. Inside you can fi...
City Hall
I didn’t attend the liberation day festivities last night or the ones that continue outside city hall as I write this posting. I did drop by this morning,...
It’s August 15th
It’s August 15th hear in Korea and you know what that means? It is a time to celebrate Korea’s independence from its colonial master in 1945 and som...
Asian History Carnival #16
The Sixteenth Asian History Carnival is now up! Check it out over at the Japan history weblog.
Why octopuses are good at archaeology and Yonsama is the son of God
A brief news round-up. I meant to blog on the story of the octopus that ‘discovered’ a treasure trove of twelfth century pottery off the coast of Ko...
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Korean (Gender) Studies at ASPAC
In spite of the lovely Korean Studies Center which headquartered the conference, ASPAC 2007 didn’t have a lot of Korean content. In fact, with the excepti...
Asian History Carnival #15
Welcome to the Fifteenth edition of the Asian History Carnival! The picture is of the beautiful pavilion at the Center for Korean Studies at UH-Manoa, where ASP...
History ‘faction’
According to the Hankyoreh, historical novels are all the rage at the moment in Korea. This doesn’t really surprise me all that much as historical novels ...
The June struggle in the British newspapers
Over at my own blog I’ve decided to mark the anniversary of the events of June 1987 in South Korea by following contemporary reports from the British news...
Korea: The Uniqueness
Over at my own blog Muninn I have posted an entry talking a bit about the portray of Japan and Korea in the “Hall of Asian Peoples” in New York̵...