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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| That person is crazy and needs to do better research |
This is a reliable source when most Koreans don't believe in the mainstream South Korean media outlets. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| Jake_Kim wrote: |
The Yee (or Lee) Dynasty of Chosun was already in decline for corruption and incompetence to govern long before the whole Japanese scheme to take over Asia came into effect. Furthermore, the Yees didn't quite go down fighting or have the guts to take their monarchy in exile in another country in resistance - like the Norwegians did during WW2, for example - but they subjugated themselves to and obeyed the Japanese.
No reason for any former subjects/commoners to have love for them, really. |
Yes, that's what I was alluding to in linking that Wiki article. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Why no 'monarchist' movement in Korea? |
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| Scorpion wrote: |
I've always been a bit surprised by the (apparently total) absense of a monarchist movement in Korea. The Japanese overthrew the Chosun dynasty when it conquered the peninsula. You'd think that, as part of the de-Japanization of the ROK after 1950, that some would advocate a return to the monarchy. Even today I never hear of any such initiatives for a 'constitutional' monarchy, one compatible with a democratic form of government. There's plenty of democracies out there with monarchs, so I'm surprised there's no interest in it here.
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Because most of Korea's 50 Million people have never seen my face. Which if they did, they would be putting it on every coin in the country and proclaiming me Emporer.  |
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RangerMcGreggor
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Location: Somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| That person is crazy and needs to do better research |
This is a reliable source when most Koreans don't believe in the mainstream South Korean media outlets. |
If by "reliable" you mean wrong. First of all, the agreement between South Korea and North Korea wasn't a secret; it was announced publicly by both sides. It wasn't until after Park Chung Hee died that it was sorta buried. Second, the deal died in 1974, when North Korean agents tried to assassinate Park Chung Hee, and ended up killing his wife. It had little to no impact on the assassination of Park Chung Hee. |
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goreality
Joined: 09 Jul 2009
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| They had about 100 kings in total. Only 2 were considered great. Only one was on their money. There was almost no talk of restoring the monarchy after colonization which means they weren't too upset it was gone. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| goreality wrote: |
| They had about 100 kings in total. Only 2 were considered great. Only one was on their money. There was almost no talk of restoring the monarchy after colonization which means they weren't too upset it was gone. |
You are reading the 'Japanized' version of Korean history. Much of history of Korea was 'corrected' by the bloody Japanese barbarians. Think carefully before you take Japan's side again.  |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| andrewchon wrote: |
| goreality wrote: |
| They had about 100 kings in total. Only 2 were considered great. Only one was on their money. There was almost no talk of restoring the monarchy after colonization which means they weren't too upset it was gone. |
You are reading the 'Japanized' version of Korean history. Much of history of Korea was 'corrected' by the bloody Japanese barbarians. Think carefully before you take Japan's side again. |
Well, most Korean monarchies were lousy leaders. But you can probably say that about most monarchs worldwide. But I think their biggest blunder was in the late 1860's when Japan decided to get rid of their old system and try to 'catch-up' with the Europeans. If the Korean elite at the time had supported a similar modernization drive, maybe they would have never been colonized. |
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