Reply #6: Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History

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On Saturday, March 25 at 1:00 pm
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Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings talks about the history of Korea and the country's long-running enounters with the West. Professor Cumings argues that Americans receive a very distorted picture of North Korea form the U.S. media and says that the North Korean government would like to normalize relations with the United States, but their efforts have been twarted by hawks in the Bush administration. He also talks about what the future might look like if there was a unification between North and South Korea. Professor Cumings takes questions from the audience following his remarks.

Bruce Cumings is a professor of history at the University of Chicago. He's the author of "The Origins of the Korean War," "War and Television," and "Parallax Visions: American-East Asian Relations at the End of the Century."