Life and Seoul of the Party: South Korea’s Brief Occupation under Communist North Korea

This thesis analyzes the North Korean occupation of Seoul through the oral histories of the men and women who experienced the event. At the beginning of the Korean War, North Korean forces successfully captured and held the South Korean capital for three months. Despite the occupation’s interesting premise, it has received little attention from Korean War scholars. Interviews with the people who lived through the Korean War though, demonstrate that from their point of view, the occupation was a particularly significant part of their war experience.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Graham, Catherine Rose

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chong Eun Ahn
• Jason Knirck
• Roxanne Easley

• Seoul
• South Korea
• North Korea
• Modern East Asia
• Occupation of Seoul
• The Reds Take a City
• Asian History
• Korean Studies
• Oral History
• United States History

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/732

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1747