Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
Governor-General Koiso, the colonial ruler of Korea from 1942 to 1944, appears in a quintessentially authoritarian strongman photo montage in
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On December 12, 1943, during one of the darkest chapters of Imperial Japanese colonial rule over Korea, the entire peninsula
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This article is yet another example of “model Korean” propaganda, which props up an exemplary Korean collaborator as a model
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This February 1941 Keijō Nippo article documents something that is rarely discussed in the history of colonial-era Korea: the active,
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At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, there was apparently a small community of German residents working
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In this post, we will look at the institution of the town council (町会) in the cities of wartime Korea
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This article from 1943 offers a rare glimpse into one aspect of the severe censorship regime that Imperial Japan imposed
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In previous posts, I explored how Imperial Japan glorified Korean Kamikaze pilots in 1945, repackaging their deaths as noble sacrifices
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This February 17, 1944 Keijo Nippo article—published during Imperial Japan’s final wartime push—lays out the colonial government’s Special Ordinance for
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During the final years of the Pacific War, as Imperial Japan faced defeat and mobilized every means available to sustain
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