[KS] Re: Maehyang-ri

[John Woo]

You seem to forget, at least, the mongoliann occupation for close to a 
century...
J.W. Woo

>From: Yong-ho Choe <choeyh at hawaii.edu>
>Reply-To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk
>To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Maehyang-ri
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:15:15 -1000
>
>I am very much bothered by this statement: "Granted, Koreans suffered 
>invasion after invasion by foreigners for centuries."
>
>That Korea had been a helpless victim of constant foreign invasions is an 
>unfortunate myth that has absolutely no historical basis.  Examine the 
>Korean history and try to see how many foreign invasions Korea had 
>suffered, and compare that with those experienced by other countries, such 
>as China.  Few countries on the Eurasian continent had enjoyed as much 
>peace as Korea up until the the latter half of the 19th century.  Only 
>after the late 19th century did Korea become a target of contending powers 
>for hegemonic control.  The unfortunte myth--Korea being a victime of 
>foreign invasions--must have started by the Westerners at this time, but it 
>is not founded on historical facts.  We, starting with those on this list, 
>should get rid of this myth once and for all from this time on.
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