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The Dissolution of a Cold-War Alignment: Korean-Japanese Relations, 1969-1979 (2024)
Thesis
Jeong, W. The Dissolution of a Cold-War Alignment: Korean-Japanese Relations, 1969-1979. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the rapid deterioration in South Korean-Japanese relations during the early 1970s, a period during which the two countries experienced a series of intense diplomatic incidents that included the abduction of Kim Dae Jung, the atte... Read More about The Dissolution of a Cold-War Alignment: Korean-Japanese Relations, 1969-1979.

"The factory raised us": Class formation, labour stratification, and gendered work in North Korea during the Seven Year Plan, 1961-1970 (2024)
Thesis
Webb, C. "The factory raised us": Class formation, labour stratification, and gendered work in North Korea during the Seven Year Plan, 1961-1970. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation will examine the formation of the industrial working class in North Korea through the areas of industrial development, work management systems, the organisation of work, wages and political education, technical training and the orga... Read More about "The factory raised us": Class formation, labour stratification, and gendered work in North Korea during the Seven Year Plan, 1961-1970.

Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism (2024)
Thesis
Johnsen, N. Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Dissonant collective memories of colonialism underlie enduring conflicts between South Korea and Japan. Memory and identity politics, aimed at nurturing national pride, have perpetuated misrepresentations of their shared colonial past, sidelining nar... Read More about Dark Tourism and Dissonant Memories in Korea and Japan: The potentials of dark tourism as a tool to visualise marginalised narratives of colonialism.