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Korea’s Movement to Settle the Issues of the Past and Peace in East Asia

Korea Journal / Korea Journal, (P)0023-3900; (E)2733-9343
2010, v.50 no.4, pp.152-185
https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2010.50.4.152

(2010). Korea’s Movement to Settle the Issues of the Past and Peace in East Asia. Korea Journal, 50(4), 152-185, https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2010.50.4.152
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This research investigates achievements to settle the issues of the past in South Korea and its possible contributions to the East Asian history. Japanese colonial policy was dependent on compelling force, and the imperial policy was justified as the policy to make civilized East Asian nations. As for a look back at the 100 Years of Japanese annexation of Korea, this research is composed widely of two parts: first, the problem of imperialistic consequences such as the relationship between a colonized nation and its colonizer, which still remains today. In the context of the East Asian history, the colonized nation has a right to require compensation and apology for damages received from the colonizer. However, the hegemonic power of the United States over Japan and Korea has made this difficult. Second, the efforts of South Korea to solve the issues of the past created some achievements but have limitations because of the current government-level policy and their attitude for its people. Today, education for history and examination of the true history appear as issues. For peace in East Asia, the role of South Korea in rectifying East Asia’s history has a great significance. At the end, this paper describes the role of South Korea as recognizing the characteristics of the East Asian Cold War history of the nations such as Taiwan, Okinawa, and Vietnam based on the identity.

keywords
colonization, modernization, colonialism in East Asia, Cold War order, Japan’s annexation of Korea, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the Republic of Korea (TRCK)

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