Archive | May 15, 2012

How to deal with a symbol of subjugation — Independence Museum, Cheonan, South Korea

The structure in the center of this photograph stands a little over thirty feet high. This steeple or pinnacle at one time used to sit atop a magnificent building in downtown Seoul, Korea. However, that building was the symbol of Japan’s domination over Korea. After the Japanese annexed Korea in 1910, the Japanese erected a [...]

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