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사람 목숨이 파리 목숨이었던 시절의 이야기 - NARA에 수장된 ‘Korean War’ 이미지들
Stories from a Time When Life was Cheap - Images from the ‘Korean War’ Archived in NARA On February 2, 2004, I visited the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in the forest near College Park, Maryland, Washington D.C. I shivered as I went through the ‘Korean War’ file in the Photograph Resource Center on the 5th floor. On the file, the horrors of the Korean War remained intact.
Park Doh, Novelist
한국전쟁을 바라보는 서로 다른 시선
Different Perspective on the Korean War The Korean War has many different names, such as the ‘June 25th War,’ ‘Korean War,’ ‘War to Liberate the Fatherland,’ ‘Anti-American Aid War,’ ‘Joseon War,’ and ‘Forgotten War,’ as the way or the position in which each side looked at the war varies. In October 1950, when China dispatched the ‘People's Volunteer Army’ to participate in the war, the Korean War was no longer just a conflict between the two Koreas. The Cold War started after World War II led to checks to protect their own sides between the free world and the communist camp. China’s participation in the war meant that the war between the free world and the communist camp had actually begun in the form of ‘support.’ This is why the Korean War is called a proxy war of the Cold War.
Geum Bo-un, Research Professor, Institute of General Education, Korea University
구미학계의 중국사 인식과 한국사 서술 연구
A Study on the Perception of Chinese History and the Narrative of Korean History in Western Academia Recently, the foundation published 『A Study on the Perception of Chinese History and the Narrative of Korean History in Western Academia』, which shed new light on the perception of Chinese history in western academia and studied how western academia describes Korean history in the narrative of China’s foreign relations history. As China rapidly emerges as a global superpower, the US-China conflict is escalating day after day. This book provides a new perspective on recognizing the relationship between Korea and China for those of us living in the age of US-China conflicts. This book was written by over 20 authors, and the main content is described as follows.
Woo Seong-min, Researcher, Research Institute for International Relations and Historical Reconciliation
한강 유역 고구려 유적 - 우리 곁의 고구려
Ruins of Goguryeo in the Hangang River Basin - Goguryeo in the Neighborhood The Hangang River Basin is a transportation route that crosses the central part of the Korean Peninsula and is a granary that embraces a vast plain. Also, due to its importance as a starting point of transportation to China, it has been the background of varied fortunes of the nation since ancient times. According to the Records of Baekje section of the Samguk Sagi (History of Three Kingdoms), Baekje had its capital located by the Hangang River Basin from 18 BC to 475 AD in Gongju by the Geumgang River Basin until 538, and in Buyeo until 660 AD, for which the historical period of Baekje is divided into the Hanseong Period, Woongjin Period, and Sabi Period. In 396, King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo crossed the Arisu river and attacked the royal fortress of Baekje. King Jangsu of Goguryeo attacked Hanseong in 475 and killed King Gaero. According to historical sources, King Seong of Baekje, along with Silla and others, defeated Goguryeo in 551 and was able to capture Hanseong. In other words, from 475 to 551, Goguryeo occupied the Hangang River Basin, which is something we are accustomed to accepting through textbooks. But I wonder if that is really the case.
Baek Jong-oh, Professor at Korea National University of Transportation, Head of the Central Field Studies Research Institute
이카이노(猪飼野), 조선사람의 없어진 공간
Ikaino, the Lost Space of Joseon People “This place, with a population close to 20,000 people, is also famous among Koreans in the Kobe and Kyoto areas. Two years ago, one or two people started selling their favorite foods, difficult to find anywhere else, and now it has become a thriving space where close to 10,000 people come to buy things every day.” This article was published in the 『Asahi Club』, published in Japan in the 1930s. It is a record of the appearance of Ikaino in 1933, the space of the Joseon people.
Kim In-deok, Professor at Cheongam College
미국 아시아학회(Association for Asian Studies, AAS) 학술회의 참가
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Academic Conference The academic conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), the largest society for Asian studies in North America, was held from March 24-27 in Honolulu, Hawaii. At this conference, the foundation created a panel titled “A Growing Idea of Neutral Korea in the Collapsing Sino-centric Order.” It was very difficult to decide to participate in person while COVID-19 was still continuing. Many unknown variables were expected until the final deadline for the decision to participate in person in early March. Nonetheless, we decided to participate, considering the urgency of the foundation's need for internationalization and the efforts we have put in for a year for participation. In addition to the COVID-19 situation, the Russo-Ukrainian War has become a major obstacle in participating in the AAS. There were times when we were concerned that Choi Deok-gyu, the panel presenter and researcher of the foundation currently dispatched to Russia, and Bella Park, President of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Science, would not be able to travel to the United States due to the Ukraine crisis. Perhaps, for this reason, it seemed that the number of participants from East Asian countries decreased significantly at this AAS conference.
Yi Byeong-taek, Head of the Research Institute for International Relations and Historical Reconciliation
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