[KS] Is there one full good source in English on Korean Left(s), past and present?

[Frank Hoffmann]

>>  Is there one full good source in English on Korean Left(s),
>>  past and present?

We all know the books on Korean Communism by Suh 
Dae-Sook, Lee Chong-Sik, and Robert Scalapino ... 
so I do not need to mention them here.

About anarchism:

The only longer work in English (more Konglish 
than English) is the 1986 book by Ha Ki-rak.
    - Ha Ki-Rak: _A History of Korean Anarchist Movement_,  Taegu:
        Anarchist Publishing Committee, 1986
(This is a very rare book.) The book is not very 
reliable with dates and also facts, and a third 
of it consist about some strange writing on the 
roots of anarchism in Korea, where everything 
goes back to T'angun and Tasan, as usual. There 
also is a KOREAN language edition with some 
additional add-on materials, published in 1993:
    -  Ha Ki-rak: _Chagirûl haebangharyônûn paeksôngdûrûi ûiji_.
        Seoul, Pusan, Taegu: Sinmyông, 1993.
More helpful is O Chang-hwan's dissertation at what was formerly the Sorbonne:
    -  Oh Jang-whan: "Histoire du movement anarchiste coréen des
        origines a 1931," doctorat du 3e cycle, Université Paris VII, 1987.

Still the most detailed history is the 1978 
KOREAN language History of the Korean Anarchist 
Movement:
    -  Chosôn Mujôngbujuûi Undongsa P'yônch'an Wiwônhoe: _Han'guk
        anak'ijûm undongsa_. Seoul: Hyôngsôl Ch'ulp'ansa, 1978.
Behind this "Wiwônhoe" is once more Ha Ki-rak.

Also, there is an excellent published 
dissertation in German about the leftist 
political parties in South Korea during the years 
1945-1948 which covers the entire left during the 
years under the U.S. Military Government:
    -  Jung Yong-Dae: _Parteien und politische Entwicklung
        Südkoreas: Die Bedeutung der progressiven Parteien für die
        politische Entwicklung Südkoreas unter der US-Militärbesatzung
        1945-1948_. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1988.

These are good starters for anyone interested.

Best,
Frank

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