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Monday, June 29, 2020

When "pro-Japanese collaborators" become "victims" (and heroes)

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The other day on Facebook I came across the story of Yang Chil-seong / Yanagawa Shichisei / Komarudin, a Korean who became a guard at a POW ...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Korean war as depicted by "Gobau"

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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War (or the 149th anniversary (+ 15 days), by some reckonings). I recently c...
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Anti-war protest by GIs in Seoul in 1971, and my article on USFK race relations that year in the Korea Times

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Yesterday, my latest Korea Times article filled in some of the events that occurred between the January 15, 1971  rally in memory of Martin...
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Monday, June 22, 2020

The rally in memory of Martin Luther King at RC 1 in Paju, 1971

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 Rally commemorating the third anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination held in Paju, Jan, 15, 1971. Years ago I wrote abo...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Writing about the Itaewon COVID-19 outbreak in the Korea Times, re-entry visa changes, and recent foreign teacher court cases

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My latest article for the Korea Times , " Itaewon once again at center of virus fears ," looks at the COVID-19 outbreak in Itaewon...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The Manipulator: Chun Doo-hwan and the US media

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The 1980 Kwangju Uprising and the United States Part 1:  Sources and Historical Background Part 2:  Expectations of US intervention and ...
Monday, May 18, 2020

5.18, 40 years later

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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising. As well, it was 15 years ago yesterday that I first published a post on this blog,...
Friday, May 15, 2020

A reminder from Yonhap: You need to be anxious about foreign English teachers

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Foreign English teachers in Korea opened their door today to find a paper bag burning on their doorsteps, only to stomp on it and find this ...
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