[KS] Re: Maehyang-ri

[Yong-ho Choe]

Compare that to what China had gone through under the Mongols.


At 01:23 PM 7/20/2000 -1000, you wrote:
>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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Yong-ho Choe, Professor
Department of History
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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