The notion of ‘modernity’ in Korean history is still a highly contested
issue cutting at the core of both historical understanding and current
politics, as can be seen in the controversy surrounding the understanding...
Koryŏ under Mongol control had unique political features. Despite the long struggle against the Mongols, Koryŏ eventually surrendered to them to become their "son-in-law" country and thus came to be dominated by the Mong...
This paper checks to see the relationship between Yoshiro Sakatani, a leading Korean affairs expert in the House of Peers, and Japan’s rule of Korea. There were many Korean affairs experts in the House of Peers, who had...
After defeat in the Second World War, Japan was faced with the issue of how to reconstruct its economic relationships with the regions of the East Asian regional economy of the Japanese Empire, i.e. relationships with Ja...
The issue of pluralism in society is a complicated subject, requiring an
even more cautious approach if the society in question is from the premodern period. Although the issue of “diversity” has been raised and discuss...
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Youngkyo Oh (2003). State of Research on the Latter Period of the Chosŏn Dynasty. International Journal of Korean History, 4(1),
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