[KS] Re: Japanese Colonization Period

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Carlon Haas wrote:
> I am in need of help.  My wife (she's Korean) and I
> got into a bit of an argument over a touchy Korean
> history subject: the Japanese Colonial Period.

In terms of experiencing conflict regarding that, been there done that.

> I have
> read books written by Koreans that were subsequently
> translated into English.  When it comes to the
> Japanese period, the phrasing starts to change from
> fact into vaired opinons, such as "It was the darkest
> period of Korean history", "the brutal japanese
> regime", etc.  Although I think this was a horrible
> period in Korean history, I cannot condone this
> historical methodology.  So, I ask the venerable
> scholars on this list if:
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> 1.  There is any book available in Korean written by a
> Korean historian that goes into any detail about the
> period in a factual way.  Especially if any book
> delves into the roles of the collaborators.

I can't help you with books written in Korean, for only once did I ever
search any out, and we didn't find any at the time (but we gave up quickly)=