A History of Korea (110 page)

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Authors: Professor Kyung Moon Hwang

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liberation space,
196
,
197
,
203

literature,
109–10
,
116
,
166
,
175
,
179–81
,
190
,
192
,
220
,
243
,
246

Lotus Lantern Festival,
45

M*A*S*H
,
210

Ma Haesong,
191

MacArthur, Douglas,
209

magazines,
166
,
174
,
175
,
176

Maitreya sect of Buddhism,
14

Malgal,
186

Manchu invasions of Korea (1627–36),
86
,
95

Manchukuo,
174
,
185

Manchuria,
2
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
11
,
154
,
165
,
167
,
189
,
223

as cauldron of modern Korea,
185
,
186

as home of Korean migrants,
186

as homeland of the Jurchen,
85

as Parhae territory,
31

as source of Korean identity,
185

as war prize in 1895,
139

Korean communities in during colonial period,
174

Manchurian guerillas,
219

Manchurian Incident,
174

Manchus,
81
,
126
,
185
,
186

ascent of,
86

conquest of China by,
87
,
90
,
92
,
95

Korean prejudices against,
87
,
100

origins of,
86

rise of in aftermath of East Asia War of 1592–98,
85

manufacturing,
101
,
103–4
,
169
,
231
,
252

of automobiles,
232

Mao Zedong,
206
,
207

as model for Kim Il Sung,
219

marathon,
172
,
175
,
178

March First Declaration of Independence,
147
,
190

thirty three signers of,
163
,
171

March First Independence Movement,
161
,
164
,
167

Marco Polo,
54

Marcos, Ferdinand,
266

marriage,
24
,
26
,
36
,
39
,
52
,
54–55
,
96
,
98
,
152
,
166
,
168–69
,
275
,
277

“Martyrdom of Reverend Thomas” (painting),
124

Masan,
227
,
263

mask dance (
t’alch’um)
,
113

Master Zhu’s Family Rituals
,
75

materialism,
103

MBC (television network),
245

Meditation school (
S
n
) of Buddhism,
45

Meiji Japan,
128
,
154

Meiji University,
183

merchants,
27
,
29
,
109
,
132
,
144
,
145

Middle East,
239

Middle Kingdom.
See
China

Military Academy in Manchuria,
185
,
229

military bases,
233

military
coup
of 1170,
52

military dictatorship,
230

“Military First” policy of North Korea,
253

military officials,
49
,
52
,
62
,
83
,
97

Military Revolutionary Council,
229

Military rule period of Kory
,
39
,
49
,
52

“military rule” period of 1910–19,
162

military service,
73

military, American,
232

military, South Korean,
229
,
267

Ming dynasty of China,
57
,
58
,
61
,
62
,
63
,
80
,
205

alliance with Korea against the Japanese,
82–83
,
85

fall of,
86–87
,
134

minjung
literature,
242

minjung
movement,
265

miracle, economic,
271

missionaries,
107
,
170

expulsion of,
188

mobile phone,
271
,
274

modern culture,
176
,
190

“modern girl”,
166
,
169

modernity,
79
,
149
,
160
,
181

and collaboration,
192

contributions of the Great Korean Empire to,
139

Mokp’o,
144
,
247

monarchy,
27
,
42
,
45
,
53
,
69
,
88

economic projects sponsored by,
141

in North Korea,
256
,
260

influence of geomancy in,
46

in Great Korean Empire period,
140

of Chos
n,
61

of Koryo,
35

under Mongol domination,
53–54

Mongol influence in Kory
,
51
,
54

impact on women and family,
55

Mongol invasions,
44

beginnings of,
52
,
53

of Japan,
80

Mongol overlord period,
39
,
51–59

Mongols,
186

monks, Buddhist,
15
,
28–29
,
35
,
41–43
,
45
,
46
,
47
,
109
,
113
,
242

monuments in North Korea,
255
,
256

More, Thomas,
92

Mormon Church,
122

“Morning Dew”,
246

Mun Ikhwan,
247

music,
9
,
63
,
94
,
110
,
112–13
,
178
,
180
,
220
,
233
,
237
,
244
,
246
,
259

Myoch’
ng,
41
,
42
,
46
,
48

early life of,
46

support of transfer of Kory
capital by,
47

Myoch’
ng Rebellion,
42
,
49
,
50
,
120

historical perspectives on,
49

Na Hyes
k,
161
,
167
,
169

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