<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Just following on from the discussion a while ago about North Korean comments on racial purity... seems to be matched in the South Korean military. And it seems that no-one is being forced to resign over these comments. Is it naive to expect some censuring by the ROK government (or at least some leading politicians) of these blatantly racist comments?</P>
<P><A href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605170016.html">http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605170016.html</A><BR><BR>Had the Hines visit really helped change attitudes, I would have expected censuring of these comment from top ROK brass.</P>
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From: <I>"James H. Grayson" <j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws></I><BR>To: <I>Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</I><BR>Subject: <I>[KS] BAKS Conference</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 17 May 2006 13:44:53 +0100</I><BR>>CONFERENCE REMINDER<BR>><BR>>THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR KOREAN STUDIES<BR>>Conference Announcement and Call for Papers<BR>><BR>>The British Association for Korean Studies announces the hosting of its<BR>>2006 Conference from Wednesday 6 September to Thursday 7 September, 2006<BR>>at Halifax Hall at the University of Sheffield.<BR>><BR>>The Theme of the Conference will be 'Generations in Korea: Past, Present<BR>>and Future'.<BR>><BR>>In the last century Korea has undergone several major social, economic and<BR>>political transformations. Born and schooled in a
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