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Wed, July 6, 2022 | 13:35
5. Mark Peterson
The Chinese comeback
The news recently that a Chinese-made movie has been blocked from being shown in Korean theaters tells us a lot about what is going on in Asia currently. China seems to be doing everything wrong, and the glorification of the Chinese role in the Korean War, a war that didn't go well for China at all, seems an obtuse move at best. For example, the Chinese were defeated soundly in Gapyeong twice - in April and again in May of 1951. The first battle of Gapyeong was fought between the British Commonwealth nations of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the Chinese. The second battle of Gapyeong...
2021-09-12 16:04
Education miracle of Korea
I've been impressed with how much on-going education and training there is in Korea. When I'm physically in Korea, I sometimes get asked to lecture to various government and private groups. I've lectured to alumni groups of various kinds, to breakfast clubs, lunchtime clubs, “kinship associations” and various adult education groups. If I were in Korea full-time, and if there weren't a lockdown for the COVID-19 virus, I think I could make a living off lecturing to these ad hoc groups. There are a lot of them. Many, many more than you might find in America.
2021-08-15 16:36
Return to Korean-style Confucianism
This week, through the upside of all this downside known as the COVID-19 pandemic, I will be giving a lecture to an audience based in Brisbane, Australia, at the University of Queensland. The topic: "Two Types of Korean Confucian Cultural Legacy and Its Implication to Contemporary Korean Culture and Society.”
2021-07-18 15:45
Template for reunification
From time to time I'm asked to make a presentation. At times the inviting group chooses a topic; sometimes they allow me to choose. Recently I was asked to give a presentation via Zoom - given the pandemic, Zoom has become more useful than ever. But this time the experience gave me pause, and gave me a surprise. The inviters asked me to speak about reunification - that gave me pause because I hear talks about unification and it always seems like a waste of time to me, because we cannot really know the future! And it surprised me because the presentation was to be made to a scattered group of...
2021-06-20 15:49
'Miracle at Gapyeong'
A friend of mine, Cho Byounggap, called and asked me to write a Korea Times article and prepare a “Frog Outside the Well” YouTube video on the “Miracle at Gapyeong”. I had heard of it but didn't know the details. I have now researched the history of the famous battle in the Korean War and am ready to write about it and prepare the YouTube video.
2021-05-23 16:43
Sejong and feudalism
Last time I wrote about how “feudalism” was not a major stage in Korea's historical development. After Korea was occupied by Japan it fell under historical points of view based on those of the Japanese. Japan had a strong feudal era, from the 12th to the mid-19th century. It assumed a superior intellectual position, as well as superior military and industrial positions in its domination of Korea in the early 20th century. The Japanese historical ideal coincided with the European tradition of feudalism, thus reinforcing the idea of an evolutionary superiority. But that is not the only way to ...
2021-04-25 16:50
Phony feudalism
There are still people who refer to Korean history in terms of “feudalism.” The evidence is quite to the contrary - there was no real feudalistic stage in Korean history. The problem is two-fold: (1) that there was no feudalism, and (2) that there was no “stage” of history to be labeled as feudalism. If there was no feudalism in Korea, why then do we find people repeatedly referring to feudalism and a feudalistic stage in Korea?
2021-03-28 16:52
Harvard and former sex slaves
Again, I really dislike this topic, but I dislike Harvard being besmirched in this situation even more. Thus, I feel compelled to enter the fray one more time with this article.
2021-02-28 16:38
Controversy over 'comfort women'
The Korean press has been buzzing with reports of a Harvard Law School professor's academic journal article on Korean "comfort women" saying there were hired prostitutes. I've been dragged into the fray by many friends and some people I don't know who have asked that I respond since I, after all, have a PhD from Harvard. I've taken the bait and have prepared responses and criticisms for a Korean ministry article, a Korean TV station, I've made a video for my YouTube station, and I think more requests are coming.
2021-02-14 17:05
Rootstech 2021
Rootstech 2021 is an international conference on genealogical records. Originally, it was called “A World Conference on Records”; now it's called “rootstech” meaning technological studies of our “roots” - genealogical and family history. The conference this year will be held online - Feb. 25-27. I've been asked to make one of the “prime-time” presentations on Korean genealogy.
2021-01-31 16:50
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