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Koreans in Seoul streetcar observing mandatory daily...

The film that tried to make Koreans...

Severe 1940s wartime housing crisis in urban...

Japanese Keijo Nippo reporters interviewed Korean abductee...

In 1943, Japanese company bosses discussed how...

Mixed marriages in 1939 Korea: a Korean...

Model Korean mother left baby and bedridden...

In 1935, Pyongyang Girls’ High School made...

A mere 3 days after surrender, liberated...

‘Selfless’ Imperial Japanese policeman visits pregnant Korean...

Nostalgia for Imperial Japan and its undercurrents...

“The New Age Has Arrived”: Imperial Japanese...

A collection of 27 farewell letters to...

In 1941, Tokyo officials forcibly settled 1,400...

In October 1943, 200 Seoul high school...

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Agriculture

Koiso’s 1943 ‘Great Leader’ Strongman Tours: Surprise village inspections to intimidate local leaders and impose Japanese language and culture all over the Korean countryside

2025-09-29

349

Ever since Imperial Japan annexed Korea in 1910, subduing the countryside proved to be one of the most difficult tasks.

Daily Life

March 1945: Taxis in Seoul nearly vanish, rickshaws exploit passengers, yet Japanese and Korean collaborator elite still get chauffeured drunk to bars and brothels

2025-09-15

314

In the last months of World War II before Imperial Japan’s surrender, the public transportation infrastructure in Seoul was in

Entertainment

April 1945 Seoul dining: the public endured price-gouging and scraps, while privileged Japanese and Korean collaborator elites drank and feasted behind closed doors

2025-09-06

329

As Imperial Japan’s war effort was collapsing in spring 1945, life in colonial Seoul grew increasingly desperate. Ordinary Koreans were

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