2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Comparative Research on Memories between South Korea and Vietnam Concerning Korean Armed Forces in Vietnam War

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19510247
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Area studies
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	ITO Masako Kyoto University, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (20327993)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2010
Keywords	ベトナム戦争 / 韓国軍 / 戦争の記憶 / 和解 / NGO / 公定記憶
Research Abstract	After democratization of South Korea, one advanced news paper company and the NGO made clear about some slaughters caused by the South Korean Army, but on the other hand, some ex-servicemen groups were severely against it. In this research, I examined Korean's each narrative about the Vietnam War, and also in Vietnam, I considered a variety of narratives according to each level from the State to villages. As a result, it is showed that in both countries, narratives are different each other according to political systems, diplomatic policies, area conditions, and so on. While the Vietnamese State, though damaged country by the war, has suppressed narratives by those slaughter survivors' real memories because the State does not want them to influence the relationship between the two countries, the Korean NGO has tried to make efforts to clarify their negative history for the peace in the future and has tried to memorize their own "negative past", which never becomes official memories in Vietnam.

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