*Korean History in One Shot - Modern Era*

The power of the preface, the power of history

Lecture 1: Heungseon Daewongun's Reforms: Aspiration and Despair
Heungseon Daewongun abolishes the Office of Military Affairs and the Seowon (Confucian academies)
strive for the stability of people's livelihood
The reforms were powerful, but their limitations were clear.

Joseon, engulfed in turmoil: The Joseon Strategy Debate
Trapped in an unequal treaty
Western powers surrounding East Asia

The Collapse of the Three-Power East Asian International Order: The Crisis of the Imperial Rule
The Taiping Rebellion, China's last civil war
Invasion by Western powers
The Yangwu Movement: Preserve Traditions While Seeking Revival
Defeat in the Sino-French War and the First Sino-Japanese War

How Japan Became a Modern Nation: The Meiji Restoration of 1868
The success of the reform and the study of Mito
Leaders of the Meiji Restoration
Iwakura Mission

5. Joseon was able to gain independence. 1: The Im-o Incident
The revival of nepotism
The Old Soldiers' Mutiny and Its Repercussions

Chapter 6 Joseon was able to gain independence 2: Gapsin Coup
Kim Ok-gyun and the Young Ones' Three-Day World
The East Asian Crisis and the Neutralization of the Korean Peninsula

Chapter 7: Reform from Below: The Donghak Peasant Revolution
The Donghak Peasant Revolution that shook Joseon
Peasant Liberation War? Revolution?

The 8 Unstable Reforms: The Gabo Reform and the Gwangmu Reform
Reform agency Military Affairs Office
The rapidly changing situation after the Sino-Japanese War
The clear achievements and limitations of the Gabo Reforms
Emperor-led modernization and the Gwangmu Reform
Women's liberation begins

Lecture 9: The Beginning of Parliamentary Politics: The Independence Association
Early Independence Association: Creating a Newspaper and Erecting the Independence Gate
Economic invasion by the great powers
The Later Independence Association: Holds the first popular assembly and demands a parliament.
Gojong's true intentions

10. The Russo-Japanese War: A Changing Landscape in East Asia
Negotiation? War?
The unexpected outcome of the war
Asia ecstatic over Japan's victory
Taiwan, a training ground for Korean colonization

Lesson 11: A Strong Nation Prospers: Patriotic Enlightenment Movement vs. Righteous Army Uprising
Patriotic Enlightenment Movement: Education and Industry
Righteous Army Uprising: Armed resistance
New People's Association and Republicanism
Independence movements of oppressed peoples in Southeast Asia

Lecture 12: An Jung-geun Didn't Kill Ito for That Reason: Theory of Eastern Peace
Special Envoys Advocate for Civil Rights, Not Imperial Power
An Jung-geun shoots Ito Hirobumi
Joseon disappears in 1910

Lesson 13: To Conform or to Resist?: The Struggle for Values ​​in East Asia
Black Dragon Society and Iljin Society
Those who resisted reality and opposed imperialism
Sun Yat-sen and the Provisional Government Join Forces
Anarchism begins
Conscientious Activists

Lesson 14: What Was China Like After the Xinhai Revolution?
Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People
Xinhai Revolution: Establishment of East Asia's First Democratic Republic
The New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement: A Path Opens in the Face of Suffering

Lecture 15: How Japan Ruled: The Japanese Colonial Period
1910s: The era of military rule
1920s to mid-1930s: The era of cultural rule
From the late 1930s to 1945: a reign of genocide
French imperialism and colonies

Lecture 16: Colonial Modernization Theory 1: Agricultural Policy
Colonization, not modernization
Japanese agricultural policy
Administrative district reorganization
Tenancy agreements and peasant movements

Lecture 17: Colonial Modernization Theory 2: Industrial Policy
Industrialization of the Korean Peninsula, filling the pockets of Japanese capitalists
From the domestic product promotion movement to the labor movement
Japanese labor policy

A new history begins: the March 1st Movement
Going on the path of the Republic of Korea
A joint work of President Wilson and Emperor Gojong?
Japan's merciless suppression

Lecture 19: The Beginning of the Republic of Korea: The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Three governments merge
Why the Provisional Government is a 'Government'
Shanghai independence activists
Fall into the hands of the National Assembly

Lesson 20: This is How They Fought 1: History of the Armed Independence Movement
Armed struggle in Gando
Armed struggle in Primorsky Krai
Conflict and destruction
Korean National Association in the Americas

Lesson 21: This is How They Fought 2: Armed Independence Activists
Raising military funds for armed struggle and Japanese retaliatory massacres
Female revolutionary Nam Ja-hyeon
There were not only forces resisting

Lecture 22: The Emergence of the Socialist State, the Soviet Union: The Russian Revolution
Until the emergence of socialism
All power to the Soviets
The Beginning of Total War, World War I

Lecture 23: China Reunites the Continent: Cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, the Northern Expedition, and the Nationalist Government
The first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation collapsed
Ten Years of the Nanjing Nationalist Government and the Rise of Mao Zedong
Anti-Japanese sentiment and the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation

The 24 Massacres: The Nanjing Massacre and the Kwantung Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre: The Reality of Its Violence
The Light and Darkness of Taisho Democracy
The Kanto Massacre, which began with a rumor

25. Racing Towards Destruction: Japan, a Militaristic Nation
eve of the Sino-Japanese War
The Pacific War led to destruction

Episode 26: Stained by Madness: Forced Conscription
Three Realities of Conscription
Those taken to the Nanyang Islands and their prisoner guards
Sakhalin: The Tragedy of Double Conscription
Japanese conglomerates that benefited from the war

Lecture 27: War Did Not Spare Women: Japanese Military Comfort Women
Organized forced mobilization
Each one is dragged there for different reasons

Complete Liberation in Chapter 28!: The Uiyoldan and the Chongqing Provisional Government
Uiyoldan: Kim Won-bong and the Anarchists
Korean Patriotic Corps Members Lee Bong-chang and Yun Bong-gil: Establishing the Provisional Government
1940, preparing for the founding of the nation in Chongqing

Lecture 29: Back to the Age of Turmoil: A History of Socialism
domestic socialist organizations
Conflict between nationalists and socialists
Socialism in Vietnam

References

*Korean History in One Shot - Modern Times*

The power of the preface, the power of history

Lecture 1: The Outbreak of World War II: The Fall of Britain and France
Age of War
Wins in the US, Europe, and Asia
The history of bombing that changed the face of war

The World Made by America: The Emergence of a Global Empire
US-centered international order
The Cold War Begins: Not Everything Went America's Way
The Bretton Woods system, a global economic system led by the United States

The World of Three Powers: The Soviet Union, China, and Capitalism
Soviet Union: Beyond Lenin to Stalin
China: Mao Zedong establishes the People's Republic of China

1945: A New World Opens: Liberation and Division
The US military government enters Korea and competition among political powers begins.
Moscow Tripartite Conference: Drifting into Extreme Left-Right Conflict
Memories of August 15th in Korea, China, and Japan
Japan's Unreflective Visit to Yasukuni Shrine

Who is the winner and who is the loser?: Three years after liberation.
How did Syngman Rhee win?
The defeat of Kim Gu and the centrists

The Sixth Republic, the Republic of Korea: An Imperfect Start
The centrists' commitment to preventing division
The success of land reform: land belongs to the farmers
The Special Committee on Anti-Japanese Collaborators: Failed to Punish Pro-Japanese Collaborators
Kim Gu's assassination and the people behind it

Lesson 7: A Horrific Tragedy, Massacre of Civilians: The Jeju April 3 Incident
Daegu October 1st Incident: Give us rice
Jeju April 3 Incident
Peace negotiations with Kim Ik-ryeol
From the conflict between the left and right to unprecedented human rights violations
Enactment of the National Security Act

How North Korea Changed After Liberation: The Kim Il-sung Regime
Park Hon-yong and the South Korean Labor Party
Kim Il-sung, the leader chosen by the Soviet Union
North Korea's perception of the situation
Establishing a land reform and mobilization system
Kim Il-sung prepares for unification by force
If we start a war, South Korea will collapse on its own?

Episode 9: The Korean War, the Climax of Tragedy: From Civil War to International War
Situation on the eve of war
From the fight between South and North Korea to the fight between the United States and China
America's Position After MacArthur's Dismissal
The United States continues its relentless bombing campaign
The era of anti-communism begins with the massacre.

Lecture 10: The April Revolution: The Fall of Dictator Syngman Rhee
Cho Bong-am and the Progressive Party's social democracy
The March 15, 1960 election fraud and the April Revolution
Syngman Rhee's mobilization system to control the masses

Lecture 11: The Crisis of the Democratic Republic: The May 16 Military Coup
The May 16 Military Coup: Crossing the Han River Bridge
Transfer of power to a civilian government and the establishment of the Third Republic
Why Police Reform Failed
The Correlation Between Economic Development and Illicit Accumulation

Lecture 12: For Whom Is the War?: The Vietnam War, the United States, and East Asia
Vietnam War I: North Vietnam Didn't Fall
Geneva Accords and Division
Vietnam War II: The US-led anti-communist war

Lesson 13: Fighting the Enemy or Fighting Poverty: The Vietnam War and the Korea-Japan Treaty
Deploy troops to Vietnam and wage a proxy war
Brown Memorandum and Vietnam Special
The issue of civilian massacres during the Vietnam War
Establishment of formal diplomatic relations with Japan in 1965

Lecture 14: Democracy Frustrated Again: The Yushin Regime
Constitutional Amendment 257 for a Third Term for Permanent Power
The End of the Judiciary 262
Human Rights Violations by Intelligence Agencies 26

Lesson 15: Starting in Seoul and Ending in Seoul: The Era of Korea's Modernization
The Light and Dark Side of Economic Development Plans
Urban development, road development, and the Wau Apartment incident
Hannam Bridge, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Gangnam Development
Tongil Rice, Myca, and the Saemaul Movement

The Age of Torture and Manipulation: A History of Human Rights Violations
Manipulating the student movement into a communist incident
East Berlin spy ring case
The case of a Korean student studying abroad in Japan as a spy
Irresponsible public officials

Lecture 17: Will Spring Come to Seoul?: The Busan-Masan Uprising, the Gwangju Democratization Movement, and the Chun Doo-hwan Regime
The Busan-Masan Democratic Struggle: Calling for the Abolition of the Yushin Constitution and the Overthrow of Dictatorship
December 12 Military Coup: Chun Doo-hwan's New Military Government Seizes Power
May 18th Democratization Movement: The citizens of Gwangju did not back down.
The 1980s were not the era of Chun Doo-hwan.
College students take to the streets

A New Era Begins: After the June Struggle of 1987
Park Jong-cheol torture death case
June 1987: The moment South Korea became a democratic republic
The era of a single five-year term president
labor issues
North Korea issue
China, Japan, and the United States

References

Beyond the Korean Peninsula, to Asia and the world
A comprehensive history book that is confirmed in one breath

『Korean History in a Single Shot』 is a history of Korea written from a world historical perspective that goes beyond the East Asian perspective.
In that sense, it is not limited to the history of the Korean Peninsula, but is also East Asian history and world history based on Korean history.
The book runs at a rapid pace, from the reforms of Heungseon Daewongun to the June Struggle of 1987, amidst the turbulent international situation of the late 19th century.


"Korean History in a Single Shot" (Modern Era) unfolds like a novel, from the reign of Heungseon Daewongun to the Japanese colonial period, the fierce struggle for independence, and finally liberation. The breathtaking story and captivating illustrations imprint key historical scenes in your mind.
『Korean History in a Single Shot』(Modern Edition) focuses on the period from liberation in 1945 to the June Struggle in 1987.
This paper closely examines the political turmoil immediately following liberation, the conflict between the left and right, the establishment of separate governments in North and South Korea, the outbreak of the Korean War and the solidification of division, the period of dictatorship and the democratization movement, and the processes that North Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and Japan went through during that period to arrive at the world we live in today.


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