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

In article <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com>,
 quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com> wrote:

No doubt the comment in your review,
 
"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."
 
was intended as a joke, and was written with tongue in cheek.
 
I can think of two candidates off the top of my head, of course.
 

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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