Koreans in Transnational Diasporas of the Russian Far East and Manchuria 1895–1920

<p>Much attention has been paid to the Japanese deployment of Koreans in their war efforts during WWII. Much less attention however has been given to the subject prior to 1910. This book will: 1) present the evidence which reveals the presence of Koreans in the Japanese military during the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 as seen by an American novelist Jack London before the formal annexation of Korea by Japan; 2) analyze the presence of Koreans on the Japanese and the Russian sides of the war; and 3) investigate why and how these Koreans became involved in someone else’s war.</p><p>Arirang a Korean folksong favored and sung by Koreans at home and in exile has sustained the Korean people in a shared collective spirit throughout their lives in transnational diasporas in the Russian Far East Manchuria and Japan as well as in Korea. This is a study of transnational Koreans as the <i>Arirang</i> people: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Koreans in the Russian Far East and Manchuria Chapter 3: Koreans in the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 Chapter 4: Korean Transnationals as Stateless People 1906–1920 and the Conclusion.</p>