POLI 2469: Politics of Japan and Korea

News, Primary Sources & Government Documents

Course guide for politics of Japan and Korea

Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access World News is a collection of local, regional, and international news sources. Offers English language newspapers including The Japan Times and The Korea Times.

NK News
A specialized site providing news and analysis on current affairs in North Korea.
Newspapers Guide
Use this guide to access current and historical newspapers available through the library, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) This link opens in a new window
1941-1996. Transcribed and translated foreign broadcasts and news. The original mission was to monitor, record, transcribe, and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Now offers the opportunity for students to expand their research into primary sources that originated in languages they do not have.
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
Full text news (1995-2013) compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources translated into English, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events. Coverage is by region and includes: East Asia, Near East and South Asia, China, East Europe, West Europe, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

KCNA Watch
Source for official North Korean media, including television, newspapers and online content
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
Provides access to speeches, press releases and policy statements in English
Japanese Government Documents from the National Diet Library
Government and political documents available in English, a larger collection of material is available in Japanese
Wilson Center Digital Archive
from the Wilson Center, includes declassified documents, images, oral history transcripts and the Database on Inter-Korean Relations

Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Declassified documents on the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century, includes the "United States and Two Koreas" collection (1969-2000) and "Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations" (1960-2000)
Foreign Office Files for Japan This link opens in a new window
1931-1945, This collection of digitized Foreign Office Files from the National Archives, UK, documents Anglo-Japanese diplomatic relations and Japanese history. The current collection contains the module: Japan, 1931-1945: Japanese Imperialism and the War in the Pacific. Documents include memoranda, reports, correspondence and assessment of events and speeches.

Korea: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1930-1963
Archival documents from the U.S. Department of State addressing the Japanese occupation of Korea, Korean War, and 1953 armistice.
UNiLibrary
Search and browse by theme and country to access available online publications from the UN.

World Bank - Documents and Reports This link opens in a new window
Collection of more than 27,000 World Bank operational documents and working papers.