A mere 3 days after surrender, liberated...

Imperial Japan’s railway system in Korea was...

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Seoul police busted some British and American...

A Japanese author took a Busan-Seoul train...

Young female employees lining up to receive...

Propaganda article contrasting the ‘Bad Korean Retailer’...

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Japanese news staff wrote sad and internally...

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Minakai Department Store in Seoul featured a...

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Governor-General Koiso blamed excessive chili peppers for...

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‘We’re going to Washington!’ – a 1944...

Month: September 2022

This 24-year-old Korean woman leveraged her connections with her powerful grandfather, Yi Hae-chang (이해창/李海昌) from the Korean collaborator elite, to land a comfortable job as patriotic group leader for the privileged Tae family clan (Sajik-dong, Seoul, 1944)

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This 24-year-old Korean woman leveraged her connections with her powerful grandfather, Yi Hae-chang (이해창/李海昌) from the Korean collaborator elite, to land a comfortable job as patriotic group leader for the privileged Tae family clan (Sajik-dong, Seoul, 1944)

2022-09-26

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This brief 1944 article is about a well-connected 24-year-old Korean woman named Yi Hui-jun (이희준/李禧準) who leveraged her connections with

‘Yōko versus Hoshiko’, a 1944 morality play pitting ‘good Korean woman’ Yōko, who is kind and considerate, against ‘bad Korean woman’ Hoshiko, the selfish, corrupt patriotic group leader harboring liberal and hedonistic British/American thoughts who ‘needs to be shot’ for betraying Imperial Japan

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‘Yōko versus Hoshiko’, a 1944 morality play pitting ‘good Korean woman’ Yōko, who is kind and considerate, against ‘bad Korean woman’ Hoshiko, the selfish, corrupt patriotic group leader harboring liberal and hedonistic British/American thoughts who ‘needs to be shot’ for betraying Imperial Japan

2022-09-21

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This is my translation and transcription of six fictional stories from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

Korean father carrying remains of his Imperial Army son in 1944 was upset his hometown ignored him and didn’t line up to salute his son like they did in Japan; colonial officials were ordered to show bereaved families proper respect or else the Koreans might start asking, ‘What did my son die for?’

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Korean father carrying remains of his Imperial Army son in 1944 was upset his hometown ignored him and didn’t line up to salute his son like they did in Japan; colonial officials were ordered to show bereaved families proper respect or else the Koreans might start asking, ‘What did my son die for?’

2022-09-14

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This is a typical piece of what I might call a ‘stunned Korean’ propaganda story – a Korean travels to

Ordinary rural Koreans including men, women, elderly, little girls were forcibly worked to collect organic debris, animal manure, human feces/urine and make organic fertilizer to increase agricultural production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (April 1944)

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Ordinary rural Koreans including men, women, elderly, little girls were forcibly worked to collect organic debris, animal manure, human feces/urine and make organic fertilizer to increase agricultural production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (April 1944)

2022-09-10

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The following three articles are from April 1944, when Imperial Japan was into its third year of fighting an all-out

12-year-old Korean girl in Tokyo allegedly chanted ‘Banzai to the Emperor’ 3 times with her last dying breaths before dying of diphtheria in April 1942, her father suddenly died soon afterwards of a broken heart, and Governor-General Koiso of colonial Korea gave condolence money to her surviving mother and sister the following year

Model Korean Family

12-year-old Korean girl in Tokyo allegedly chanted ‘Banzai to the Emperor’ 3 times with her last dying breaths before dying of diphtheria in April 1942, her father suddenly died soon afterwards of a broken heart, and Governor-General Koiso of colonial Korea gave condolence money to her surviving mother and sister the following year

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(Translation) Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) February 14, 1943The Model Korean Maiden“Banzai to the Emperor” at the Moment of DeathThe Warmth