One of very important reasons to stay being a student and to work in academia is the long summer (and winter) vacation. It is not really a ‘vacation’ since we usually have lots of work, but we have a chance to become a total vagabond for three months every year.
I fully enjoyed my [...]
I posted an article about the movie “Homeless Angels” at Frog in a Well Korea recently, and forgot to announce it here.
I just heard an incredible story about some side effects of the Special Anti-Prostitution Law put into effect in 2004 in South Korea.
My friends and I were discussing the fact that there are very few cocktail bars any more in high-end downtown areas in Seoul. My friend told me that it is because, as a [...]
Muninn has been posting really fun articles at his blog recently. Since I share common interests, and probably have similar background knowledge to some extent, I really enjoy his satires in these articles. At the same time, I have been surprised with how people react to them.One of the postings he made was about the [...]
I was talking with my Korean language teacher about the school uniform culture in Korea the other day. It has gone extreme in Japan, especially in Tokyo, and you see high school girls wearing extremely short uniform skirts and strutting everywhere. In Seoul, school girls wear smaller, rather than shorter, uniforms. Apparently they want to [...]
Pink and baby blue ties represent masculinity (?) in Korea.
I cannot find the same article online but there was an interesting article (for me) in today’s Korean Herald.
Military fatigues cause confusion at protests over U.S. beef imports.
“The Defense Ministry briefly got entangled yesterday in a public rumpus over U.S. beef imports after it said it was moving to crack down on protesters wearing military [...]
I have finished my first draft on this topic, and I think the bibliography might be useful to others as well.
Official Documents
I used the Japanese government’s (the Government General in Korea and Chosengun) documents mostly as primary sources.
Chōsengun, Chōsenjin Shiganhei Seido ni Kansuru Iken (The Opinions Concerning the Korean Volunteer System), June 1937, available at: [...]
朝鮮半島・台湾出身の元ＢＣ級戦犯に補償案 議員立法初提出へ
I have posted some of the findings on school strikes during Kominka at Frog in a Well -Korea (here). This is actually a part of one of my papers. I could not spend too much time on this one, but it always feels like the richness of the historical documents can somehow compensate my lack [...]