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Gwangbokjeol ’45

74 years ago today, Korea was nationally liberated and no longer a colonized nation under the Empire of Japan. The end of the bloodiest war in the history of man has ended with the announcement of an unconditional surrender to Allied forces from the Japanese government. After 35 years of brutal oppression, the Korean people …

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Japanese Baptists

I recently stumbled upon a blog post that caught my eye. As many of you might recall in your history class, thousands of Japanese-American were forced to relocate from their homes and move into internment camps. To many Americans, they felt threatened by the presence of a Japanese within their community. Most Americans were ignorant …

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The Atomic Bomb

August 6th and August 9th are two dates that will always be remembered as a horrific day for the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1945, American B-29 bombers dropped two atomic bombs that obliterated these two cities. To this day, the debate is whether or not the dropping of the two atomic bombs were …

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