KOREA 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gyeongbokgung, Korean Studies, Won Buddhism
Document Summary
Commentary controversy: not entirely wrong, but legacy is complicated and extends to the present. Basis of colonization: (cid:862)(cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizi(cid:374)g (cid:373)issio(cid:374)(cid:863) to u(cid:374)ite east asia agai(cid:374)st no(cid:396)th a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d eu(cid:396)opea(cid:374) i(cid:373)pe(cid:396)ialis(cid:373) But japan was doing what it was claiming to oppose: claim that koreans and japanese were of the same racial origin race-based nationalism. Also became a means to exclude the koreans: p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e to (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) japa(cid:374) that it"s supe(cid:396)io(cid:396) to korea the march 1st movement, 1919 europe concluded wwi -> many new countries forming i(cid:374)spi(cid:396)atio(cid:374) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) wood(cid:396)o(cid:449) wilso(cid:374)"s (cid:862)14 poi(cid:374)ts(cid:863) New countries should be granted right to self determination. Brutalized by japanese & died at 18. Colonial period: 1904 - 1905: russo-japanese war; korea-japan protectorate treaty. Russian & japan both competing for control in korea: 1909: a(cid:374) ju(cid:374)ggeu(cid:374)"s assassi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of hi(cid:396)o(cid:271)u(cid:373)i, 1910: annexation of korea, 1915: joseon industrial exhibition held in seoul.
