[KS] The death of Queen Min

[Michael James Miller]

They cite an "Ejo çÈíú Report."  I have no access to the 
text of the report, but you can find information at:

http://www.kgcnews.com/news/read.php3?readnum=1103

The report appears to speak of a posthumous rape, leaving 
people to speculate whether she was actually dead at the 
time or mortally wounded but still alive.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore M Critchfield" <tcritchf at uog9.uog.edu>
To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [KS] The death of Queen Min
> 
> I would like to know what Japanese source was cited as the basis for
> the allegation that Queen Min was raped.  I have read everything I
> could get my hands on regarding Queen Min's assassination.  Never
> found any such suggestion. The circumstances of her death as I know them
> would not appear to have allowed such behavior.
> 
> Ted Critchfield
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Henny Savenije wrote:
> 
> > I got the following mail from someone, could anyone enlighten me?
> > 
> > >Dear Mr Savenije,
> > >I would like to ask you whether you could confirm the latest developments 
> > >about the death of the Queen Min. I've heard from one Korean scholar in 
> > >Cracow that one journalist had published an article (based on Japanese 
> > >sources) about her death in which he says that she had been raped by the 
> > >Japanese soldiers before they killed her.
> > >Sincerely
> > >Andrzej Wadas