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Korea: anti-Semitic comic book

Categories: East Asia, South Korea, Ethnicity & Race

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has denounced Rhie Won-bok’s comic “Far Country, Neighbor Country” for its anti-Semitic content. The issue has much resonance in the blogsphere.

Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole hopes that more foreign press would pick up the story [1].

Michael Hurt tries to trace the history of anti-Semitism in Asia.

Joe Mondello has been translating the content of the book from Korean to English to throw light on the counterfactual nature of the book.