Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim

On 10/16/24 3:26 PM, Chris Buckley wrote:

On 2024-10-16, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

In article <robertaw-EAA20F.09500616102024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com>,
quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com> wrote:
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No doubt the comment in your review,
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"I wonder where on Earth a Korean author would get the idea of a
relentlessly expansionist, exploitative empire determined to replace the
cultures and religions of neighboring countries with the Empire’s
hegemonic culture? It seems almost as though Kim has specific models in
mind. I suppose we will never know what those models were."
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was intended as a joke, and was written with tongue in cheek.
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I can think of two candidates off the top of my head, of course.
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And I thought of ONE direct example off the top of my head. Japan from
the late 19th century to the end of WWII ruled Korea ... firmly.
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Is the image directly below "I suppose we will never know what those
models were." only visible to me?

 Unfortunately, it actually requires knowledge of Geography to
interpret, which may be asking a bit much.  (Nothing can be read of
the image's labels and what the coloring shows is very non-conclusive.)
 

Are you maybe looking at this on your phone? On my 15" laptop screen,
it's pretty clearly labeled - "Japan and Korea" in the lower left, for example. "Sea of Japan" is larger, just "northeast" of the center, and the letters J A P A N are larger yet, along the right/east boundary of Japan.
Tony