Happy Liberation Day!

by Andy Jackson on August 15, 2006

I just want to wish any Koreans reading this blog a happy Liberation Day.

Here are some choice Liberation Day links:

The Chosun Ilbo wants us to get with the real spirit of August 15.
Seoul City Hall is decked out for the occasion.
Park Geun-hye is having a happy August 15 since she is still up in the polls.
Leftists and rightists are holding rallies about four blocks apart in downtown Seoul today. That could get interesting.
Of course, some folks are having their own personal Liberation Day today, which Kathreb ties in with proposals to abolish the death penalty.

Have a fun 8-15 y’all.

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Lazy_Contractor August 15, 2006 at 2:23 pm: Wow! Thats cool how the Seoul City Hall got Pepsi to sponsor their lantern hanging (hence the giant Pepsi logo).
2 R. Elgin August 15, 2006 at 2:47 pm: . . . and may the blessings of God be upon this country and all Koreans that strive to preserve the qualities that endear them to God, to one another and to all of humanity.
3 valium August 15, 2006 at 6:49 pm: Congratulations Koreans!
But wasn’t the liberation day 17th April?

Korea was liberated on 17th April 1895 from the long tributary state for several hundreds years.

As the annexation by Japan in 1910 was decided between Japanese and Korean governemnts, there were no demonstraters, no riots in Korean penninsula. So they were not liberated in 1945, it was only a cancellation of the annexation.

The late ex-President Park said once that Koreans made the better choice at that time. Not the best, but there was no choice for Koreans. If they went to China or Russia, Korea is now a communist country like NK, or a county inside China like Tibet.