Friday, June 17, 2005

S.Korea - what did your Father do in the war ?

The current enthusiasm for all history debates in South Korea may be less about the past and more about the future national identity of Korea as a whole. After all, both North and South where victims of the Japanese. The down side of this approach is the scapegoating of those whose families are deemed to be 'collaborators', who must now be named and shamed. Some see the fact that major political figures in the Conservative opposition parties could be implicated using such an approach is no coincidence. more from the Asia Times...

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