Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
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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This is a very rare Korean–Japanese bilingual wartime propaganda poster, published in Keijo Nippo (Gyeongseong Ilbo) on October 7, 1944.
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This is a 1944 article featuring a damage-control press conference held by Imperial Japanese authorities to publicly address growing panic
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During the final phase of Imperial Japan’s rule over Korea, conscription orders came printed on different colors of paper, each
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This 1944 news announcement represents one of the darkest moments in the history of the Korean language. In April and
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