Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
In the midst of World War II, life in Korea under Imperial Japanese rule was marked by increasing restrictions and
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This disturbing propaganda news story from 1944 is about a rice farming township (Seonso-myeon) in Suncheon County, South Pyeongan Province
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This article offers a fascinating glimpse into the decrepit state of the streetcar system in Seoul at the beginning of
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This 1944 wartime editorial, written by the staff of the Keijo Nippo newspaper, calls for Japanese-Korean unity as it addresses
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This article from 1943 highlights Korean forced laborers in a Japanese-owned cobalt mine located in what is now Gyeongsan City.
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Throughout 1943 in colonial Korea, the main national newspaper of the country, Keijo Nippo (Gyeongseong Ilbo), was filled with war
Read More“As Koreans, we have been given the new mission of becoming subjects of Imperial Japan, uniting completely with the Yamato
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This is a historical article published in 1944 in the Keijo Nippo newspaper, which served as the national newspaper of
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I came across another fascinating 1943 article from Keijo Nippo, a known propaganda tool for the Imperial Japanese regime during
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This article details the story of Mr. Kanemitsu (likely originally Mr. Kim) a member of the Seoul prefectural assembly during
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