http://www.froginawell.net/korea The Korea History Group Blog Sat, 10 May 2008 02:21:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a chance to look into two primary sources on 'school strikes (同盟休校)' (mostly in common schools) in the colonial period of Korea (the Kominka period in particular), and translated some of the records from Japanese to English. The documents I looked at are: 高等外事月報 (朝鮮総督府警務局) and 朝鮮思想運動概況(朝鮮軍). ... http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2008/05/school-strikes-in-colonial-korea-1937-1939/ I reported in my recent posting on the Korean National Archives that online registration for the site is broken for all non-Koreans. This is unfortunate since the National Archives advertises that it is for "everyone" to use. Registration online is required for many of the services provided, including the printing of ... http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2008/04/online-registration-for-the-korean-national-archives/ Jeremiah Jenne over at Jottings from the Granite Studio (( The site is currently down, but Jeremiah will work to get it back up for next week )) will be hosting an Asian history carnival sometime during the week of May 5th. If you have postings you would like to ... http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2008/04/upcoming-asian-history-carnival-2/ The relationship between Korean martial arts and Japanese martial arts is usually a touchy one. This is because, like the history of so many other things in modern Korea, it is susceptible to what I like to call the "Colonial Death Touch." The Colonial Death Touch works like this. Any ... http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2008/04/martial-arts-and-the-korean-colonial-police-in-1938/ I just came back from a day at the Korean National Archives headquarters in Taejŏn (Daejeon) and thought I would share some details of the experience in case someone comes across this posting who will be making the trip down there at some point in the future. I also plan ... http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2008/04/the-korean-national-archives/