I will send it to you!

Like you suggest, it would be hard to investigate unilaterally and not have cooperation from whatever country is concerned unless perhaps a case receives significant media attention. Maybe if a foreign offense involved deportation that could be reasonable grounds for revoking.

It is something I've wondered about... ROK has confiscated and cancelled passports in some cases where its nationals have engaged in organized sex tourism and sex trafficking abroad, and you've probably seen that an activist's passport was recently invalidated for trying to enter Gaza.

Yesterday at Jirisan Hwaeomsa in Gurye-gun, Masan-myeon.

Sabuk Incident survivors renew demands for apology, fulfillment of TRC recommendations as third commission begins work - The Korea Times Dressed in their old helmets and uniforms, elderly former coal miners gathered in front of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul, April 14, joined by fami...

My latest for The Korea Times ahead of this week’s 46th anniversary of the 1980 Sabuk Uprising.

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Ggachi Newsletter | Disappearing Traces of Wartime Labour Mobilization in Yeongcheon + Tracking the few and far between: Minjung Art Building Murals

This week's Ggachi!

Picked this up when I was in Canada a few months ago since it was unavailable digitally. Interesting reading for this weekend in light of the current Parliament’s fifth floor-crossing, and the most unexpected one yet.

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Ggachi Newsletter | Exploring Traces of Colonial Korean Labour in Japan (2) + Hong Sung-dam’s "Chilseongpan" unveiled at new Namyeong-dong exhibit.

Publishing every Thursday!

Ggachi Newsletter| Exploring Traces of Colonial Korean Labour in Japan (1) + Gana Art's 1991 Issue on Modern Middle Eastern Art.

Ggachi is back as a bilingual Korean-English weekly newsletter.

I read the novel in February after visiting the Matsumoto Seichō Memorial Museum and I watched the film on
@criterionchannl.bsky.social, but it is being screened in cinemas nationwide until the 7th. Outside of Seoul and Busan, however, some theaters only have showings until tomorrow.

Nomura Yoshitarō's 砂の器 (모래그릇/The Castle of Sand) received its first commercial theatrical release in ROK today, 52 years after its 1974 production. It's an adaptation of a Matsumoto Seichō novel. Beautifully shot, and a tragic commentary on leprosy-related discrimination.

Among these individuals are people who enjoyed power and influence long after their anti-constitutional actions; who have been awarded state commendations; and/or who have been buried in a National Cemetery.

The largest category is "Massacres related to the National Guidance League and Preventative Detention," which has 20 perpetrators associated with it, and 5 for whom it is categorized as a secondary offense.

The massacres are divided into Jeju 4.3, Yeosu-Suncheon, the National Guidance League and Preventative Detention, Inmates/Prisoners, Massacres in the course of "Collaborator" Punishment, and Rear Areas.

If we focus on civilian massacres, there are 52 people whose primary act of perpetration relates to this category. They are divided across six sub-categories. If we take the estimate of 300,000 victims, that represents 1 perpetrator for about 5,770 victims, and shows how porous the net still is.

The Compilation Committee examined five types of anti-constitutional offences. These included massacres, insurrection, torture and espionage fabrication, election fraud, and media repression.

The first four volumes focus on 81 individuals and will be published by the end of April by Sapyoung (Social Criticism). The rest are slated for publication in two phases by the first half of 2027. Volume 1 covers five Presidents and volumes 2 to 4 deal with people involved in judicial affairs.

5 ex-presidents listed as ‘anti-constitutional actors' in new reckoning on historical state violence - The Korea Times Five former presidents of Korea made it onto a list of perpetrators of state violence in Korea's authoritarian past. Syngman Rhee, Park Chung-hee,...

My latest: Yesterday, a press conference was held ahead of the publication of "Biographical Accounts of Anti-Constitutional Actors (반헌법행위자열전)." The project will span 12 volumes; t identifies and profiles 312 public officials between the Rhee Syngman and Roh Tae-woo governments.

10-story stone pagoda in Tapgol Park receives first up-close public viewing in 27 years - The Korea Times Class wrapping up on a Friday afternoon should have marked the start of the weekend, but Yang Seo-yeon still had something to do. Leaving Sungkyunk...

New article for @koreatimescokr. I covered the background of the special opening of the Wongaksa Stone Pagoda and what has happened since recreational activities were banned in Tapgol Park. Also was able to fit in some historical tidbits about the pagoda's condition before and after liberation.

Notes — March 25th, 2026.

Sharing a response to the two Korean articles that appeared about me earlier this week in Hankyoreh.

Lawmakers prod Korean, Japanese governments for action on Chosei Coal Mine excavation, repatriation projects - The Korea Times UBE, Japan — An inflatable raft returned to the beach at Tokonami in Ube City’s Nishikiwa Village at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Feb. 6. Yoshitaka I...

My latest article for the Korea Times follows up on my research trip to Japan last month and takes stock of where things stand at this moment with remains recovery activities (led by @Chouseikizamu) at the Chosei Coal Mine.
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Surveying current conditions at the last two aircraft hangers from the Pacific War in Yeongcheon. They were built through the forced mobilization of students from Daegu Agriculture and Forestry School when Japan began to anticipate U.S. landings on the Korean Peninsula.

Sounds great! Park Jeong-mi was wonderful to interview back in 2024, and I enjoyed writing a review of her book as well. Margo Okazawa-Rey is great too. Met her about a year ago in Dongducheon when she came to see the former STD Detention Center.

Last month, at Fukuju-ji in Kitakyushu to pay respects to victims of the 1940 Kokura Coal Mine flood incident. 39 lost their lives after being trapped inside. Among the 26 Korean victims, 19 left behind families. Recovery of the bodies took one year, but three were never found.

I have not been to Kanazawa, but it looks fantastic. Somewhere else to add to my list for future travels.

Wrote a reflection on Substack about Jangheung's Borimsa. On the surface it is a beautiful temple; home to several designated treasures. What the casual visitor won't necessarily perceive is its tragic Korean War history w/ civilians caught btw state & guerrilla violence. Link: shorturl.at/brxO8

Congratulations! Looks fascinating, and I can't wait to read it!

I don’t get down there too often, but I had some time to kill before taking the ferry to Shimonoseki earlier this month. Will try to go back maybe this Spring to look into some coastal tunnels dug during wartime mobilization.

Wandering alleys in Busan’s Jung-gu, I stumbled upon 정오사 in a Japanese style colonial house. It had a striking painting of Avalokiteshvara. 대승불교회 established a temple here in 1977, but in 1991 ownership of the premises was transferred to the Jogye Order’s 12th Diocese.