Comments on: National Archives: Captured North Korean Documents

By: K. M. Lawson

K. M. Lawson — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:39:04 +0000

Thanks for that comment James. I just saw around half a dozen volumes of copies of varying quality containing some of these documents in the Yonsei library last week. I don’t know if that is all they have, but it would take several hundred volumes of that size to get close to covering the interesting stuff. Do you remember how many volumes there were?

By: James Person

James Person — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:15:26 +0000

I believe the National Institute of Korean History (국사편찬위원회에) has already published the captured North Korean documents in several thick volumes. They should be readily available in most libraries in Korea (if that is where you are based). I have looked through them in the library of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul (formerly part of Kyungnam Univ.).

By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog

Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:30:26 +0000

[...] Archives collection of Captured North Korean Documents in record group 242 that I introduced in an earlier posting. While I’m looking through files most likely to be of use in my own dissertation research, I [...]

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Investigations of a Dog » Military History Carnival #1 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:09:40 +0000

[...] of the consequences of war is the destruction or removal of cultural artefacts. K. M. Lawson at Frog In A Well points out that many valuable documents on Korean history are available to historians at the US [...]

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Global Voices Online » North Korea: Research in war documents — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:15:18 +0000

[...] M. Lawson at Frog in a Well blogs on fascinating ongoing research into captured North Korean documents dating back to the regime’s early years and the Korean War. Share [...]