In some Indigenous cultures, what is now known to some as “North America” is known as Turtle Island. There is something powerful about having the…
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In some Indigenous cultures, what is now known to some as “North America” is known as Turtle Island. There is something powerful about having the…
The US calling the Korean War the “Forgotten war” is so colonial and imperialist, because I can guarantee you that no Korean has forgotten it.…
Today is the 43rd anniversary of the May 18, Gwangju Uprising, one of the most powerful and also bloody resistance movements in Korean history. Over…
Every year I reflect on the LA Uprisings because they changed my life as a kid growing up in Korea. It wasn’t one single event.…
South Korea had detention camps in the 1980s. These are the same years when many were watching Different Strokes, the Jeffersons, and Little House on…
If you’ve seen any news about north Korea lately, you’ve probably heard that north Korea is “threatening” south Korea with missiles and drones. But in…
Whenever I talk about how the US military needs to get out of South Korea, there’s always a white person who says, “Oh well, you…
The history of the location where the Seoul crowd crush claimed over 150 lives, 이태원 (Itaewon), is a large factor in what happened that night.…
And it’s happening. BTS is getting conscripted into the mandatory South Korean military service. A lot of Koreans are understandably unhappy with mandatory military service.…
More facts about Korean history that you didn’t learn in school. In 1905, Japan and the US entered an agreement that would set the foundation…