Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. 

Imagining empire: Part II

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter, takes a deep dive this week into the ways in which memorialization in South Korea is an act of present politics.

Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest

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Korean American activist Phyllis Kim at the Glendale, California, memorial for "comfort women."

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The Yasukuni Shrine

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The World

U.S.-Japanese relations

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North Korean defector in the US

Conflict & Justice

The World’s Matthew Bell profiles a veteran of the Korean War who defected from his native North Korea and now lives in the United States.