Rethinking Historical Injustice And Reconciliation In Northe

Korea is a nation that has addressed issues of both internal and external injustices from past wrongs that were committed in times of colonialism, war and dictatorship. Using examples of this injustice, this book focuses on Korea and looks towards reconciliation in the region. Table of Contents: Introduction 'Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang, and Gi-Wook Shin 'Part 1: Coming to Terms with the Darker Past in Korea Section 1: The Counter-Narratives and Voices of World War II: An Update 1. The Korean 'Comfort Women' Tragedy as Structural Violence 'Chunghee Sarah Soh' 2. The Resignification of the 'Comfort Women' through NGO Trials 'Hideko Mitsui' 3. The Politics of Remembrance: The case of Korean Forced Laborers in World War II 'Soon-Won Park' Section 2: Democratization and Domestic Historical Injustice 4. The War against the 'Enemy Within': Hidden Massacres in the Early Stages of the Korean War 'Dong-Choon Kim' 5. Justice Incomplete: The Remedies for the Victims of Jeju April Third Incidents 'Tae Ung Baik' 6. From Seoul to Saigon: Gook Meets Charlie 'Kyung-Yoong Bay' Part 2: Toward a Northeast Asian Approach to Historical Injustice? Section 3: Korean Experience in Comparative Perspective 7. The Aesthetic Construction of Ethnic Nationalism: War Memorial Museums in Korea and Japan 'Hong Kal '8. Difficult Neighbors: Japan and North Korea 'Gavan McCormack' 9. Dynamics of Denial: Responses to Past Atrocities in Germany, Turkey, and Japan 'John Torpey' Section 4: Reconciliation and Regional Cooperation 10. A Strong State, Weak Civil Society and Cold War Geopolitics: Why Japan Lags behind Europe in Confronting a Negative Past 'Andrew Horvat' 11. Pop Culture, Public Memory and Korean-Japanese Relations 'Chiho Sawada' 12. Economic Integration and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: Possibilities and Limitations 'Wonhyuk Lim' Epilogue: Lessons and Future 'Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang, and Gi-Wook Shin' Author Biography: Stanford University, USA George Washington University, USA