{"id":1832,"date":"2018-12-19T19:33:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1832"},"modified":"2018-12-19T19:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:33:07","slug":"korea-peninsula-in-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1832","title":{"rendered":"KOREA Peninsula in Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keith Harrison, Martin Jervis, Andrew Jones<br><br>The Korean peninsula has acted as the region\u2019s lynchpin, constantly subjected to occupation by its more powerful neighbours, China, Japan and, latterly, Russia. Currently, its divided state threatens destabilization and potential (global) nuclear war. We examine Korea\u2019s complex history and ask: \u201cCan its peoples ever be united once more as a single nation?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Hermit Kingdom (1637 -1871) [MJ]<br>Jan \u00a015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Empire of the Sun (1871-1936) [MJ]<br>Jan 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Pacific War (1936-1945) [MJ]<br>Jan \u00a029\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cold War Division (1945-1950) [KH]<br>Feb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Korean War (1950-1954) [AJ]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br>Feb 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Korea (1954\u00a0 &#8211; 2016) [MJ]<br>Feb 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 South \u00a0Korea (1954 &#8211; 2016) [MJ]<br>Feb\u00a0 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two Mad Men? (2017-2019) [MJ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Tuesdays&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Time<\/strong>: &nbsp;13.30-15.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eight weeks<\/strong>, starting <strong>8 January\u2013 26 February 2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br>Emmanuel Church<br>6 Barlow Moor Road<br>Didsbury,<br>Manchester<br>M20 6TR.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a348<\/td><td>n\/a<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>To reserve a place please contact, Andrew Jones &nbsp;Telephone:&nbsp;0161-491-2874<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Harrison, Martin Jervis, Andrew Jones The Korean peninsula has acted as the region\u2019s lynchpin, constantly subjected to occupation by its more powerful neighbours, China, Japan and, latterly, Russia. Currently, its divided state threatens destabilization and potential (global) nuclear war. We examine Korea\u2019s complex history and ask: \u201cCan its peoples ever be united once more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1832\/revisions\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}