[KS] Re: Ch'oe Sunghui

[Mickey Hong]

Although the query is addressed to Walter...

Ch'oe SH not only "visited" the US, she toured its major cities i.e. LA,
SF,
Chicago, NY.

Few interesting notes:

*There was a protest against her 1st scheduled performance in NY b/c of
anti-Japanese sentiments.
*Some of the US news reviews identify her as Japanese.
*US Military Intelligence knew she was Korean but thought she was an
international spy.

Her political role in Japanese colonialism, not to mention post-Korean
War NK,
is at once a terribly complex & intriguing subject on which I'm writing
a
book.

-Mickey Hong

Charles Armstrong wrote:

> Walter,
>
> Does this mean that Ch'oe Sunghui visited the US during the Japanese
> colonial period? I'm curious as to whether she did and in what capacity, as
> well as anything you might enlighten me about re: US-Korean cultural
> relations at that time.
>
>                                             Charles
>


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