Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
This article is yet another example of “model Korean” propaganda, which props up an exemplary Korean collaborator as a model
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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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In the last months of World War II before Imperial Japan’s surrender, the public transportation infrastructure in Seoul was in
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In May 1945, as the war situation worsened, the Japanese colonial authorities in Korea tightened their grip on everyday life
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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
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These propaganda cartoons, serialized in 1943 during the height of Imperial Japan’s war mobilization, were aimed at the Korean audience.
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It was January 1945, in the final desperate months of World War II. As fuel and fabric shortages deepened, the
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This 1945 Japanese newspaper article presents a seemingly grassroots roundtable of Korean housewives from all walks of life gathering in
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By early 1945, the Pacific War had dragged on for over three years, and Imperial Japan’s war machine was straining
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This photo, published by the colonial regime in 1944, captures a police encounter of a Korean woman with members of
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