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2,000 Year Old Skelton Found Near Incheon

» by GI Korea December 12th, 2008 at 1:31 am » Comments (0)

This skeleton looks to be in remarkably great condition considering its age: A well-preserved adult female skeleton dating back 2,000 years ago has been unearthed in Yeongjong Island, Incheon. The Korea Institute ...more »

Russo-Japanese War News Sep 20-26 1904

» by USinKorea September 21st, 2008 at 8:18 pm » Comments (0)

20 Sep Headline:  Japan's Great Armies Marching on Mukden [Taken from a German paper]  The Japanese are advancing slowly with a broad front... The Russian troops have recovered their spirits. Chinese officials ...more »

Rhee Syngman’s Princeton Dissertation

» by USinKorea September 16th, 2008 at 11:17 pm » Comments (2)

Neutrality as Influenced by the United States: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Syngman Rhee I was reading the ...more »

Queen Min Assassination – Again

» by USinKorea September 16th, 2008 at 10:00 pm » Comments (0)

As I work on NY Times archived articles from the Russo-Japanese War and books from that period, I also started preparing similar work to post next spring on the March ...more »

Russo-Japanese War News – 13-19 Sep 1904

» by USinKorea September 15th, 2008 at 11:51 am » Comments (1)

13 Headline:  Heavy Japanese Casualties Bennet Burleigh, cabling from Tien-Tsin to The Daily Telegraph, insists that the Japanese casualties in the battle of Liao-Yang were nearer 30,000 than 17,000.  Mr. Burleigh ...more »

Book Review: The Real Triumph of Japan (Russo-Japanese War)

» by USinKorea September 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pm » Comments (0)

The Real Triumph of Japan - The Conquest of the Silent Foe - By Louis Livingston Seaman - Published 1906 This is another book you can read for free - thanks ...more »

New York Times Archives: Queen Min Killed!!

» by USinKorea September 10th, 2008 at 8:20 am » Comments (1)

In relation to the book reviews I've done here at GI Korea's on the Russo-Japanese Conflict, I thought I'd post a look into the free New York Times Archives on ...more »

Book Review: The Russo-Japanese War – Causes and Issues

» by USinKorea September 9th, 2008 at 5:05 am » Comments (4)

The Russo-Japanese Conflict: Its Causes and Issues by Kanichi Asakawa (1873-1948) - Published in 1905 - apparently a prof in the United States The link is to the table of contents. This ...more »

ROK Drop Book Review: A New History of Korea by Lee Ki-Baik

» by USinKorea July 17th, 2008 at 11:38 am » Comments (7)

Since someone over at Marmot's Hole, apparently co-opting another user's name (...by the way....does anybody know what happened to Kushibo in the K-blogsphere???), told me in a pissy way I ...more »

Recommended Reading in Memoriam of 5.18

» by GI Korea May 18th, 2008 at 9:26 am » Comments (28)

In recognition of the 28th Anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising I have posted an article written by Georgy Katsiaficas that blames the Gwangju Uprising like just about everything else unpleasant ...more »

Koreans Who Mattered: The Legend of Jang Bogo

» by GI Korea January 8th, 2008 at 3:55 am » Comments (19)

On Wando Island the one thing a visitor can't help but notice especially if you read Korean, is the influence the Korean historical figure Jang Bogo has over the island. ...more »

The Taft-Katsura Controversy Continues On

» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2005 at 9:16 am » Comments (0)

The Chosun has a really surprising editorial condemning efforts by left wing Korean politicians who are trying to get the US to apologize for the Taft-Katsura Agreement signed in 1905: In ...more »
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