Madrid 'firmly rejects' Mexican president's demand for apology over Spanish conquest
The 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest have been ripped open afresh with Mexico's president urging Spain and the Vatican to apologize for their "abuses" — a request Madrid said it "firmly rejects." Spain's centuries of dominance in the New World, backed by the Catholic ...
A profound development in Tokyo-Seoul relations
A recent ruling by South Korea's Supreme Court has global implications.
Painful past unearthed as French prime minister Edouard Philippe visits Dien Bien Phu battle site
Standing at the site of the epic battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam, French colonel Jacques Allaire wept at the memory of his 4,000 fellow fighters who died in the bloody fight that would spell the end of France's colonial rule in ...
'Le Moulin' gives a voice to Taiwanese poets who wrote under Japan's colonial rule
The word "nisshiki" (Japanese style) can often be seen on storefront signs in Taiwan to indicate chic, high-end products. It's a little similar to what we in Japan associate with luxury items from France, though "nisshiki" is a holdover from the days when Taiwan ...
Colonial management was never a 'charity'
While Japan's rule over Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula may have brought some benefits, colonization is never altruistic.
Japan's colonial rule of Korea was 'moderate'
Japan's colonial policies in Korea were moderate in comparison with the way some European countries treated their colonies.
Taking a maiden stab at expansionism in Taiwan
