Browsing the archives for the modern history tag
Back in the U.S., the Korean War is often referred to as the “Forgotten War.” It might be said then in S. Korea that it’s a war the people would like to forget, but can’t. Looking around at all the high rise buildings, cell phone shops and internet cafes, it is difficult to imagine that [...]
The other week my wife and I were walking through an older neighborhood of Gyeongju on our way downtown to grab a burger at McDonalds (Yeah, yeah. I know, but she’s pregnant. I’m not going to argue.) About a block from the courthouse, we turned the corner and stumbled on something we’d not seen since [...]
