Korea Archives

Korea

A purposeless, symbolic war

“Since World War II, very little that could be called genuinely humanitarian has resulted from American military intervention—not in Korea, certainly not in Vietnam, and not in Panama, Afghanistan, or the two Iraq wars and Libya.”

National liberation from Japanese occupation, celebrated at the Arirang Festival

Art by Philippe Chancel,

Daydreaming

Art by Hang-Ryul Park,

Babel among friends

by John Sack,

Syngman Rhee

by Frank Gibney,

The free man’s burden

Untitled

Art by John Groth,

Quiet day at Panmunjom

by B.R. Brinley,

The general’s grenade

by Harper’s Staff,

Our army in Korea–the best yet

by S.L.A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood) Marshall,

Korean prison

by Martin Flavin,

Incident in Seoul