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Article: EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on Nov. 10.(Editorial)
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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Accusing the dead
The controversial "Who's Who of Pro-Japan Activities" has just been issued, branding numerous prominent Koreans in the political, cultural, religious, educational and industrial areas as collaborators with the Japanese during their colonial rule. Former President Park Chung-hee, one of the most revered persons among twentieth-century Koreans, is described as a former lieutenant in the Japanese Imperial Army who had written a pledge of loyalty with blood from his finger. The book introduced journalist Jang Ji-yeon, who is known for his heartrending editorial in a newspaper upon the Japanese encroachment of Korean sovereignty, as someone who later ...