2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Japan’s official colonization of Korea. The colonization lasted until 1945 and Japan’s defeat in World War II. In the two countries, the key sites for this research mark the relationship in quite different ways. In Korea, at Seodaemun Prison and at the Cheonan Independence Hall, the physical [...]
Entries Tagged as '4. international political relationships'
Japan and Korea
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · 4. international political relationships, Japan and Korea
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Korea and the United States
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Korea and US
The relationship between South Korea and the United States is framed both by stories of the Korean War in the early 1950s and by current manifestations of intra-Korean tensions, most evident in the harsh and dangerous confrontation between North and South in the. US and Koreans work side by side in the DMZ. Symmetrical oppositions [...]
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United States and Japan
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · US and Japan
Students in Japan are so likely to have visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki that a special section of this study is devoted to the ways that experience is described in the US and in Japan. On this page the focus is on other aspects of the suffering imposed by World War II and museums and memorials [...]
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Tangled bi-lateral relationships
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · 4. international political relationships, Japan and Korea, Korea and US
The three bi-lateral relationships included in this study — Japanese/Korean, Japanese/American and American/Korean — shaped by specific areas of tension. These are evident in the places students visit, as are attempts being made in all three countries to mitigate the tensions. Photos of the different sites help illuminate these legacies. Between Japan and Korea one [...]
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