Korean Independence

Korea After Liberation From Japan

August 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Asia, Korea

by H.K. Suh, Washington D.C. Today marks the 75th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, yet it was not true independence as Korea was denied independent, self-government (as promised by the Allies during the wartime summits, and suggested on the US postage stamp shown below), but rather was suddenly divided arbitrarily in half without Koreans’ knowledge. As[…]

North Korea Issue is Not De-Nuclearization but De-Colonization

June 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperialism

by Ajamu Baraka, originally published on Black Agenda Report, June 13, 2018 “The psychopathology of white supremacy invisibilizes the absurdity and illegitimacy of the United States being in a position to negotiate the fate of millions of Koreans.” The critics had already signaled their strategy for derailing any meaningful move toward normalizing relations between the United States and North Korea.[…]

A Strong Antidote to Western Propaganda on Korea

May 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Korea, Review

A review of Stephen Gowans’ book, Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom by Gregory Elich, originally published on Zoom in Korea, May 7, 2018 The release of Stephen Gowans’s superb new book could not be better timed. With the Korean Peninsula on the potential brink of major change, looking to Western mainstream media for reasoned[…]