Here is a link to another one of those Korean academic papers explaining anti-Americanism in Korea that ---

---gives you a good idea of what the thinking in the anti-US culture in Korea is all about.

I'm going to attempt to pick the article apart later on, but I figured I'd post a link to it now.

Here is one of the more problematic ideas. When you read it, keep in mind there are others (like me) who argue against the claim presented --- and keep in mind - however - what he claims is generally accepted as correct in Korean society as a whole.

Most critically, because the commander in chief of the Republic of Korea–U.S. Combined Forces Command held operational control of the South Korean Army, many South Koreans argue that Chun’s brutal suppression
of the pro-democracy movement in Kwangju in May 1980 would not have been possible without the United States’ implicit endorsement or active support.