tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post6870136077147752950..comments2023-07-02T05:23:38.595-05:00Comments on Korean Historical Controversies: Japanese colonial rules in Korea and TaiwanKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842044872387705911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post-484937579824659842007-02-03T15:37:00.000-05:002007-02-03T15:37:00.000-05:00By the way Diana, I thought you might be intereste...By the way Diana, I thought you might be interested in reading this:<br /><a href=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/januaryweb-only/105-33.0.html>What Makes the Korean Church Grow?</a> from Christianity Today.Sayakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130415193541700781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post-48632919282085745482007-02-03T09:18:00.000-05:002007-02-03T09:18:00.000-05:00Thank you, Sayaka. Very thoughtful. Your comment h...Thank you, Sayaka. Very thoughtful. Your comment helps me a lot.dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521654390457960490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38578087.post-543863356118224112007-02-03T00:53:00.000-05:002007-02-03T00:53:00.000-05:00Wow. Diana, you posed a huuuuge question in such a...Wow. Diana, you posed a huuuuge question in such a casual way. I think it deserves a couple of dissertations. <br /><br />There are many speculations you can make, probably. A few things that just come to my mind are: 1. The historical backgrounds are different. Taiwan has a long history of foreign occupations. Korea used to play a bigger brother role for Japan. 2. The two regions were ruled differently. Some people might say the Japanese colonial rulers in Korea were more militaristic. (But chaotic and nasty things also happened in Taiwan...) 3. The experiences of the immediate post colonial period were different. The early KMT's rule was more brutal and more chaotic compared to the Japanese one in Taiwan: they said "dogs are gone and pigs have arrived". In Korea, as we know, Syngman Rhee was strongly anti-Japanese. (we will probably study more on this in class) 4. The current political environments are different. For DPP, the target enemy is Mainland China, and for this purpose it is easier to align with Japanese rightwingers. For Korea (politicians in general), the target of identity politics seems to be Japan and the US.<br /><br />I'm sure there are more reasons you can think of, but I haven't read a major (systematic) research on this yet...Sayakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130415193541700781noreply@blogger.com