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🧵Incredible rewrite of South Korean history by the @nytimes that completely eliminates FIVE critical facts. 1) Korea was a Japanese COLONY. 2) Korea was DIVIDED by the US (unilaterally) in 1945 so US forces could accept Japan's surrender in the south and the USSR in the north. 
3) The "civil war' (correct) began in the south when communists and anticolonial fighters resisted the (unmentioned) US Army Military Government of Korea.
4) Korea was "cleaved in half" in 1948, when two separate states were founded - first the ROK, then the DPRK.
4) Korea was "cleaved in half" in 1948, when two separate states were founded - first the ROK, then the DPRK.
4) The "civil war" expanded to the entire country in 1950 when the North Korean army and a large contingent of Koreans who had fought Japan's colonial rule invaded the South, where the US-created army was led by Korean generals who were part of Japan's colonial army during WWII.
5) The "UN-backed forces" were led by US commanders who reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
All these errors despite talking to Bruce Cumings, the leading scholar of the Korean War.
And, yes, many Koreans were tortured at Namsan by an agency of the US-BACKED military regime.
All these errors despite talking to Bruce Cumings, the leading scholar of the Korean War.
And, yes, many Koreans were tortured at Namsan by an agency of the US-BACKED military regime.
Read the full NYT story below. And then read Bruce Cumings, who deserves an apology for being selectively quoted to buttress the Times' rewrite of history. nytimes.com/2023/06/22/wor…
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