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“If Japan loses, Koreans will fight each other, divided by foreign powers”: June 1945 warning by Korean collaborator (박춘금, 朴春琴) who urged authorities to redirect Korean nationalism into support for Imperial Japan

Military

“If Japan loses, Koreans will fight each other, divided by foreign powers”: June 1945 warning by Korean collaborator (박춘금, 朴春琴) who urged authorities to redirect Korean nationalism into support for Imperial Japan

2025-05-31

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This is a translation of a Japanese newspaper roundtable discussion from June 1945, held just two months before Imperial Japan’s

Clothing

Imperial Japan called Korean women in chima dresses ‘the most filthy and ugly sight’ and shamed them with posters captioned ‘there are still women like these’ (April 1945)

2025-05-18

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In April 1945, with Imperial Japan losing the war, Imperial authorities turned their rage inward—targeting Korean women for wearing traditional

Entertainment

Imperial Japan shamed Koreans for going to theaters instead of preparing for invasion (March 1945)

2025-05-07

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As Imperial Japan’s war effort crumbled in early 1945, its propaganda turned increasingly desperate and moralistic. This article, published in