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Foreign Visitors

Delegation from Fascist Spain visiting the Yi Royal Household Museum of Art in colonial Seoul, 1940

2026-04-06

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This is a July 1940 news article about a formal visit to Japanese-ruled Seoul by a delegation from Francoist Spain,

Food Shortages

Smiling Korean family gives “profound thanks” to Governor Abe Nobuyuki for increasing their rice rations, vowing to repay his “parental concern” with increased production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (August 18, 1944)

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This propaganda news photo, published in August 1944, shows a Korean family beaming with happiness and expressing gratitude to the

Philosophy

“Think of Koiso as your father”, Governor-General Koiso tells Korean conscripts as they are sent off to war (Jan 1944)

2026-03-11

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Governor-General Koiso, the colonial ruler of Korea from 1942 to 1944, appears in a quintessentially authoritarian strongman photo montage in

Imperial Way

When all of Korea was forced to bow to Ise Grand Shrine and vow before the Shinto gods to annihilate Imperial Japan’s enemies: a chilling moment at 1:22 PM on December 12, 1943

2026-01-22

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On December 12, 1943, during one of the darkest chapters of Imperial Japanese colonial rule over Korea, the entire peninsula

Korean Workers

Daughter of collaborator 이진호 (李軫鎬) promoted as model Korean woman devoting unpaid labor to Imperial Japan’s war effort (Seoul, February 6, 1944)

2026-01-16

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This article is yet another example of “model Korean” propaganda, which props up an exemplary Korean collaborator as a model

School

Nazi Germany donated copies of Mein Kampf to Seoul Imperial University in 1941 to teach Korean students “the great path of building a New World Order”

2025-12-15

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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,

Foreign Residents

Nazi German community in Seoul December 1941 celebrating Imperial Japan’s declaration of war

2025-12-09

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At the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, there was apparently a small community of German residents working

Food Shortages

Wartime rations often vanished amid corrupt neighborhood leadership, leading to so much public anger that Imperial officials pleaded, ‘let us avoid becoming emotional with one another’ (Feb. 1945)

2025-11-30

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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

Entertainment

Inside the 1943 Seoul Crackdown on ‘Demonic Music’: Imperial Japan’s Campaign to Purge American and British Records, From Hawaiian Jazz to Dvořák, but German music (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach) and Italian music (Verdi) were allowed

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This article from 1943 offers a rare glimpse into one aspect of the severe censorship regime that Imperial Japan imposed

Korean Workers

How Imperial Japan spun a dead Korean industrial accident victim into a wartime hero: ‘Follow in the spirit of Mr. Lim!’, ‘The flower of the workplace!’ at Tōyō Metal in Sinuiju (October 1, 1943)

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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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