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Monday, May 31, 2021

Attempts to save Chang Myon's government from Park Chung-hee's coup in 1961

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For my latest Korea Times article, " Trying to save a gov't from a coup in 1961 ," I look at May 16, 1961, when around 4,000 t...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

John Underwood's account of the Gwangju Uprising (among others)

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Today marks the 41st anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising.  Two years ago I found, in a cable sent by US Ambassador Gleysteen to the State De...
Sunday, May 02, 2021

The life of Frank Schofield and 1974 RAS parodies

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For my latest Korea Times article , I looked at the life, death, and burial of Canadian missionary and "eternal Korean" Frank Scho...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Building Korea's first expressways, 1968-70

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My latest article for the Korea Times is about the building of Korea's first expressways (between Seoul and Incheon and Seoul and Busan...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

"The Man Standing Next" is Korea's 2021 Oscars submission?

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UPI reports on Korea's submission to the Oscars for this year: "The Man Standing Next" (남산의 부장들), which, as the Korea Herald ...
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Friday, January 29, 2021

Plastic surgery in Korea in the 1960s and early 1970s

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 In my latest Korea Time article, " Looking down high noses at 'quack plastic surgeons' in 1971 ," I look at the developme...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

How Hahn Dae Soo became famous, then infamous, in just over two weeks in 1968

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My latest article for the Korea Times is a combination of archival research and interview. Jon Dunbar was kind enough to invite me along t...
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Sunday, November 22, 2020

Reacting to Vietnamese 'anti-Koreanism' in 1967 and other negative responses

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My latest Korea Times article, " Reacting to Vietnamese 'anti-Koreanism' in 1967 ", examines the reaction of the Korean me...
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