It happened that the Fulbright Forum this week was about comparative treason trials in the post-WWII world, especially Korea. It was a timely talk from a bright history PhD candidate named Konrad Lawson doing research in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, among other languages. Very impressive talk, and definitely an interesting subject to study, especially this comparison of treatment of treason in post-colonial states and post-occupation states.
The timeliness comes in because Korea is, amazingly, still actively figuring out the fate of pro-Japanese collaborators, as I posted about a couple of days ago with the ongoing property confiscation of collaborators.
Here is the website for the Presidential Commission for the Inspection of Collaborations for Japanese Imperialism [sic], which was formed in 2005 to look at the colonial era collaboration. It is simply fascinating that this is occurring after this remove of time, and a sure sign that this is a subject worth much additional attention, as Korea seeks redress for half century and more old crimes.
The timeliness comes in because Korea is, amazingly, still actively figuring out the fate of pro-Japanese collaborators, as I posted about a couple of days ago with the ongoing property confiscation of collaborators.
Here is the website for the Presidential Commission for the Inspection of Collaborations for Japanese Imperialism [sic], which was formed in 2005 to look at the colonial era collaboration. It is simply fascinating that this is occurring after this remove of time, and a sure sign that this is a subject worth much additional attention, as Korea seeks redress for half century and more old crimes.
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