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Monday, February 02, 2026

Vindication for teacher who convinced students to speak out against sexual harassment, then reported her school when it violated their rights and was transferred as punishment

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The story below is infuriating but predictable in many ways, unfortunately. I first learned of it by reading  this article : The Seoul Admin...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Encouraging Outrage: The Inculcation of Anti-Japanese Feeling in South Korea

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Almost ten years ago, in the summer of 2016, I wrote  this post  (titled "Comfort Women, nationalism, and the inculcation of anti-Japan...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The career of artist Lee Ik-tae (and his profile in a 1970 weekly magazine)

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I learned from Hahn Dae Soo that his friend Lee Ik-tae (Rhee Iktae), an artist, director, and actor he first met in Seoul in 1974 whom he re...

'This bill is rather urgent': ROK-US relations and the 1970 and 1975 marijuana crackdowns

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My article " 'This bill is rather urgent': ROK-US relations and the 1970 and 1975 marijuana crackdowns " from Transactions...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Reflections on Korea and Australia's longstanding ties

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Australian Ambassador Jeff Robinson gave an interesting lecture for RAS Korea this week in which he spoke without notes about his 40+ year e...
Monday, December 01, 2025

Hahn Dae Soo's (rare) appearances in Korean magazines, 1968-71

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The other day, Hahn Dae Soo posted on his Facebook wall a link to this blog post about his September 1969 concert at the Drama Center on Na...