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Wed, July 6, 2022 | 13:13
5. Mark Peterson
Singular Korean surnames
When I came to understand that surnames in Korea were unlike those in other countries - a high concentration of the population having one of only a few names - it occurred to me that this was indeed a measure of what I had been looking at in other perspectives.
2020-05-24 17:35
Gwangju after 40 years
On Saturday I was asked to serve as a judge for the May 18th commemoration student speech contest in English, for middle and high school students of Gwangju. As a judge I was not prepared for the power of the speeches that I heard.
2020-05-21 17:14
Korean names as measure of peace (part 1)
This is No. 10 or the last in my series of articles advocating that Korea was a remarkably peaceful and stable place historically. And perhaps this is the most compelling one.
2020-05-17 18:10
Korean slavery
I can't write everything I would like to write about Korean slavery in one article, but here my purpose is to refer to Korean slavery as the ninth item on my list of top ten arguments showing Korea's history as a peaceful and stable country. When I read studies of slavery from an international perspective, and discovered that Korea has the longest, unbroken chain of slave-holding in the world, it was a real eye-opener. Because if there was never a break in the chain of slave-holding in Korea, it meant that there was never sufficient chaos to disrupt the ruling class who were the slave owners.
2020-05-10 16:42
Royal control of court
Today, I want to go into more detail on point number 8 in my series of ten evidences for Korea having a peaceful and stable history.
2020-05-01 17:35
Civilian control of government
This is No. 8 in my series on the “Top Ten” evidences that Korea has a peaceful and stable history. For most of Korean history the civilians have been in control of the government.
2020-04-24 17:11
Seonbi, not samurai
This is No. 7 in my top 10 list of what I call “Peaceful and Stable Korean History.” Here I want to feature what in Korean can be called “seonbi culture.”
2020-04-19 18:45
Royal tombs untouched by grave robbers
The sixth item on my top 10 list of evidence for advocating that Korea has had a peaceful and stable history is the fact that the royal tombs have not been robbed. Royal tombs? There are the tombs of Silla kings surrounding Gyeongju and there are the tombs of the Joseon kings on the outskirts of Seoul. None have been robbed.
2020-04-10 17:39
Oldest border in the world
The fifth point on my top 10 list of evidence for calling Korean history peaceful and stable is the nature of the border with China. The Amnok River (perhaps better known by the Chinese term, Yalu River) has been the border with China for over 1,000 years.
2020-04-05 18:24
Korea never invaded another country
Last week I looked at the number of invasions Korea has suffered, and I explained my point of view, that there were really very few invasions in spite of the popular opinion that Korea has been invaded numerous times. Today's entry (#4) in this series I call, “Peaceful and Stable Korea,” looks at the fact that Korea has never invaded another country.
2020-03-27 17:52
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