Comments on: Distorting Korean history: not just a Japanese thing / Parhae Mania

By: The Marmot's Hole Ah, the old rebuild it in Chinese-style trick, eh?

The Marmot's Hole Ah, the old rebuild it in Chinese-style trick, eh? — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:14:59 +0000

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By: The Marmot's Hole Parlhae capital from above

The Marmot's Hole Parlhae capital from above — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:52:45 +0000

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By: Interested-Participant

Interested-Participant — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:43:37 +0000

My uneducated offhand impression is that the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans never use terms more forceful than “distortions and errors.” Stating that the US invaded North Korea is not a distortion or error. It is a big lie. Is it a cultural characteristic for East Asians to lie to each other and lie to their own people? If not, they sure do it often enough to make one think as much.

By: Plunge

Plunge — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:52:00 +0000

Mark Peterson, the dean of the Korean dept. at BYU, should get major kudos for making the history books and encyclopedias much more accurate when it comes to Korean history. Not only more accurate, but for adding much more information. It has been one of his many crusades this past 5-10 years and he has sponsored trips to Korea taking publishers and editors of major history books and encyclopedias. He has done this yearly now for I think, 5 years. He has also done a “watchdog” type research project, pointing out the inaccuracies in US texts pertaining to Korea.

He has a website talking about the different texts and their accuracy or lack thereof, but for the life of me, I can’t remember the URL.

If you get a moment, drop Dr. Peterson an email thanking him for his efforts. He is truly a great man!