This book is a translation of Korean War in Asia: A Hidden History (2018), which highlights the impact of the Korean War on the communities and lives of individuals in Northeast Asia.
Written under the leadership of Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki of the Australian National University, this book interprets the Korean War not simply as a civil war on the Korean Peninsula or a proxy war for the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, but as a complex and multi-layered international war spanning all of East Asia.
It presents how the Korean War connects with other conflicts in the region, such as the Asia-Pacific War and the Chinese Civil War, and examines the war's impact on neighboring countries from various perspectives.


The Korean War, which has been etched in our minds as a "fratricidal tragedy" for the past 75 years, is redefined as a "forgotten war" and a "misremembered war" from an East Asian perspective, and the stories hidden behind the Korean War are uncovered.
It examines the journeys of Chinese people who crossed borders, caught up in the ideologies, propaganda, and intelligence strategies of the belligerent nations, as well as how life was transformed by the Korean War in the Korean-Chinese community in China, the Korean-Japanese community in Japan, and in areas deeply affected by the war, such as Okinawa and Manzhouli.
By bringing to light stories previously unknown or circulated as part of folk tales or conspiracy theories, this book provides a broad perspective on the political, social, and cultural significance of the Korean War.