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SUMMARY:Assassination\, Abduction and Normalisation: Historical Mythologie
 s and Misrepresentation in Post-War South Korea-Japan Relations - John Swe
 nson-Wright
DTSTART:20081111T131500Z
DTEND:20081111T140000Z
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CONTACT:T.S. Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Early relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK)\
 nwere critically shaped by three decisive events: diplomatic normalization
 \nin1965\, the 1973 abduction of opposition politician Kim Dae-jung from J
 apan\nand the attempted assassination of President Park Chunghee in 1974. 
 These\nevents have remained controversial\, not least because much of the 
 detailed\ninformation surrounding them has been classified. Prompted by th
 e partial\ndeclassification initiatives of the Roh Moon-hyun administratio
 n\, this\narticle relies on recently released archival material and new sc
 holarship\nin Japan\, South Korea and the United Kingdom to consider the e
 xtent to\nwhich difficulties in the bilateral relationship were a product 
 of\ntraditional patterns of historical animosity\, and to assess the role 
 of the\nUnited States in bringing the contending parties together. In the 
 process\,\nthe article critically considers the persuasiveness of internat
 ional\nrelations theory in making sense of changes in the post-war Korea-J
 apan\nrelationship.\n
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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