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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...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Exploring traces of the Japanese empire around Namsan

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 A few weeks ago, ahead of a walk for the RAS, I wrote this article for the Korea Times about the traces of the Japanese Empire in the Namsa...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

A look at the filming of Inchon in Korea in 1979, Dongdaemun Market's history, and Useful Databases

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For my latest Korea Times article , ahead of the historical walk in Itaewon I’m giving next weekend, I look at the filming of ‘Inchon,’ one ...
Friday, August 15, 2025

A British POW's account of Korea's liberation in 1945

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Back in June, I gave a lecture for Royal Asiatic Society Korea about Allied POWs in Korea during WWII, which can be watched here : While res...
Monday, June 16, 2025

The March 1945 revolt of Korean forced labourers against Japanese on Mili Atoll

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[Update at bottom, June 16.] Recent news reports have brought up forced mobilization of Koreans in the South Pacific during WWII, with Yasu...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

RAS Korea lecture and excursion this week

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With the "reboot" of Royal Asiatic Society Korea I've been tasked with organizing lectures and excursions, and am thankful to...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

"Tiger Season: A Novel of Korea," by Gojan Nikolich

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My latest Korea Times article is a review of "Tiger Season: A Novel of Korea," as well as an interview with the author, Gojan Nik...