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1934 -- A group of writers and historians establishes Jindan, a research institute dedicated to the study of the Korean language and history. Use of the Korean language was partially banned under the ...
South Korea urged Japanese leaders to "squarely ... such as compensation to victims of forced labor under Japan's 1910-45 colonial occupation of Korea, has seen a thaw in recent years.
Wi Sung-lac, a key adviser to Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and head of his campaign’s Northeast Asia ...
On September 18, 1931, the explosion of the Japanese-owned railway track near the city of Mukden, Manchuria in northeastern ...
The trope of “shared culture” is often posited by well-meaning commentators as a potential basis for peace across the Taiwan ...
To mark its 50th anniversary, the MMCA presents a range of artistic and public programs under the theme “Public Square ... during the turbulent periods of enlightenment, Korean Empire, Japanese ...
In Socialist Worker of 30 April, Alex Callinicos returned to the issue of Ukraine. The central claim of SW is that the war’s ...
A group of vigilantes operates a secret on-call revenge service under the guise of a taxi company ... Set in 1945 during the ...
In the smoldering wake of World War II, few places bore the scars of conflict like Japan. Cities lay in ruins, infrastructure ...
Despite the challenges of overcoming the deep scars of war, 50 years later Vietnam stands tall. The most important question ...