tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post3461374322814979524..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Gwanghwamun's unveiling: a time to reflect on the suffering caused by the Japanesematthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-59478801306429883062010-09-14T15:13:30.542+09:002010-09-14T15:13:30.542+09:00Thanks for the comment, and for linking to your po...Thanks for the comment, and for linking to your post - you have so much information there about the original decision to reconstruct Gwanghwamun. I found it fascinating that the first "Visit Korea" year was so long ago. I've been using Naver's digital news archive search to research different topics from the time period it covers (1960-95) and interesting things always turn up.<br />Feel free to email me at mattvanv at yahoo dot com...matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-70711505954640690242010-09-09T10:29:25.903+09:002010-09-09T10:29:25.903+09:00Hello, I'm an admirer of you for a long time. ...Hello, I'm an admirer of you for a long time. Always enjoy reading every materials written by you, especially those regarding history and Foreign teachers bit.<br /><br />I study History at Yonsei Univ. (currently doing Public service, or 공익근무). I recently wrote an entry on my Korean blog - <br />(http://veritasest.egloos.com/1767755)<br /><br />Hope we can keep in touch via email or other 'Modern' methods...:-) I have myself collected lots of stuffs related to Korean history, (photos, books, old 78s, etc.) and hope I can share some of them with you.<br /><br />All the best --<br />Mark (Ji-Hoon)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664445555616256742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-82637235661932396472010-08-17T03:33:20.462+09:002010-08-17T03:33:20.462+09:00So you now see why gwang hwa mun is connected to J...So you now see why gwang hwa mun is connected to Japanese colonialism? Ok, I was hoping you understand a little bit about Korea! Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803761788150362298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-27194380317348988822010-08-17T00:03:41.922+09:002010-08-17T00:03:41.922+09:00Maybe you like to defend Japan's action, forei...<em>Maybe you like to defend Japan's action, foreigner?</em><br /><br />That's right, Korean, nothing but apologist blog posts <a href="http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2006/03/badly-defended-apologist-views.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br /><em>Koreans must not forget Japan's coloanial empire is connected with this gate and the heritage.</em><br /><br />With people of your mindset running the country and inculcating the young with the same attitude, I have no fear that Koreans will ever forget the negative aspects of the colonial period.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-20657246294372230882010-08-16T18:05:17.368+09:002010-08-16T18:05:17.368+09:00THis post is confusing. gwang hwa mun has suffere...THis post is confusing. gwang hwa mun has suffered mostly through Japan's actions, although it was destroyed in Korean War too, a war setting vs a colonial imperial setting is different. Maybe you like to defend Japan's action, foreigner? Maybe you like to talk about hiroshima and not the 35-years rape of Korea, in the topic of gwang hwamun? Koreans must not forget Japan's coloanial empire is connected with this gate and the heritage.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803761788150362298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-62579603534011133602010-08-16T15:00:05.747+09:002010-08-16T15:00:05.747+09:00Robert:
Thanks for the information about Yanagi S...Robert:<br /><br />Thanks for the information about Yanagi Sōetsu - enjoyed your photos and <a href="http://www.rjkoehler.com/travelog/2010/08/gwanghwamun-new-improved/" rel="nofollow">post</a> too. Since you mentioned that it was the Japanese who moved it, then yes, it would not have to have been moved back into its correct position had it never been moved. When I first heard it was going to be rebuilt in the correct position, I thought it to be a lot of work for just a few degrees - but I didn't realize the gate itself was made of concrete. Since that was the case, I think the reconstruction was a good thing, and while they're at it, why not correct the angle?<br /><br />But considering how little regard was given to the royal family after liberation, the fact that the palace they lived in (and the pungsu associated with its location) is now (along with Gwangwhamun) linked to the 'national soul' seems... odd. Obviously the national soul didn't extend to <a href="http://www.kingbaeksu.com/bbs/view.php?id=bug&page=35&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=vote&desc=asc&no=156" rel="nofollow">this building</a>. All said, the unveiling of Gwanghwamun should be a happy event to be celebrated, and not another chance to bring up the suffering of, among other things, the comfort women.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-4780627198518306042010-08-16T10:30:47.143+09:002010-08-16T10:30:47.143+09:00OK, all of this said, the Japanese are intimately ...OK, all of this said, the Japanese are intimately connected to the history of the gate: they're the ones who moved it, and they're the ones who built the Government-General building at an angle 6 degrees off from the rest of the palace. When Park Chung-hee rebuilt Gwanghwamun, he aligned it with the Government-General Building. Stupid? Perhaps. But none of this would have happened if the Government-General hadn't been there in the first place.<br /><br />BTW, the Japanese scholar you were thinking of was Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the Japanese Folk Craft movement and --- and you didn't hear this from me --- the founder of what is now the National Folk Museum of Korea:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanagi_S%C5%8Detsu<br />http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/english/html/yanagi_soetsu.htmlRobert Koehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089386197720816858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-48206741247595895312010-08-16T09:35:33.285+09:002010-08-16T09:35:33.285+09:00Your post is spot on! It's amazing that so man...Your post is spot on! It's amazing that so many in Korea take pride in "Independence Day" when in fact, it should be more accurately be classified as "Liberation Day."QiRangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625975756583245391noreply@blogger.com