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The Dawn of Modern Korea

Wed, July 6, 2022 | 07:20

(560) International marriages

When in the early 1990s I published a book on daily life in Korea, I stated with a measure of confidence: “As a rule, Koreans do not approve of mixed marriages.” This might sound like a generalization, but it seemed that back then, some 20 years ago, that public opinion polls supported such a statement: studies confirmed that South Koreans were remarkably less willing to marr...

2011-07-07 17:26

(559) The war is not over yet

When did the Korean War end? Most people would say: “On July 27, 1953,” but lawyers would probably argue that technically it has not ended. And when did it begin? The common knowledge reply “June 25, 1950” also seems suspicious to a good international lawyer who might counter that the war never began ― or, perhaps, began as early as Sept. 9, 1948 (or, if you prefer, Aug. 15, ...

2011-06-23 16:30

(558) Urban populations before 1900

Korean nationalist-minded historians love to stress that the large-scale prostitution was introduced to Korea by the Japanese. The same historians feel a bit uneasy about the absence of established theatrical traditions in Korea, and often try to promote some local genres to the rank of “theater.” They also generally ignore the absence of restaurants in old Korea.

2011-06-09 16:35

(557) Chinese tycoon in Korea

People love scandals, especially when they strike the rich and famous, and in August 1924 the Korean public was treated to a first class scandal of this kind. It involved the family of Tan Kol-saeng, the richest Chinese businessman in Korea and owner of the Tongshuntai Trading Company.

2011-05-26 16:27

(556) Birth of Yeouido Park

If you, dear reader, have ever visited Yeouido, you probably had a stroll in Yeouido Park, a long strip which stretches across the entire island.

2011-05-12 16:45

(555) Debut of photography

In 1829 the French inventor Louis Daguerre designed the first working photographic camera, and so began the history of modern photography ― even though until around 1845 photographic equipment remained too expensive, unreliable and cumbersome to be used outside laboratories.

2011-04-28 17:01

(554) Bias in academia

Recently I was reading a textbook on North Korean history, issued by a group of South Korean scholars. This was a good read, not so much because it provided new data, but because it was a wonderful testimony to the biases now so fashionable in Korean academia.

2011-04-14 16:41

(553) Name-change policy

A number of policies once enforced by the Japanese colonial administration can be seen as dubious and immoral, but two clearly stand apart, still producing much anger and irritation among Koreans ― “comfort women” recruitment and “the name change.”

2011-03-17 16:31

(552) Japanese policy of assimilation

The Japanese colonial policy in Korea was by no means uniform and it underwent two major changes ― one in 1919-1920 and another in the late 1930s. The second change can be best described as a switch from a policy of apartheid to a policy of assimilation and ethnocide ― and this is why the last decade of the colonial rule is remembered with such bitterness.

2011-03-03 16:12

(551) Development of southern Seoul

Nowadays, few neighborhoods in Korea can rival the Gangnam area of Seoul when it comes to affluence and urban sophistication.

2011-02-17 16:12

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