Category: Foreign Residents

Russian Tatar man wearing and selling Imperial Japanese “National Uniform” in colonial Seoul (March 1941)

2026-04-15

This photo features a Russian Tatar clothing retailer in 1941 Seoul dressed in National Uniform Type B (国民服乙号型) and holding

Russian Tatar

Russian Tatar refugee Shamshinoor Nugman in colonial Seoul after fleeing the Bolsheviks with the White Russians (November 1941)

2026-04-11

This 1941 article introduces Mrs. Shamshinoor Nugman, a Russian Tatar refugee living in colonial Seoul. The immediate occasion for the

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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

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Chinese children in 1944 Seoul featured singing to Imperial Army soldiers ‘in the beautiful bloom of Japanese-Chinese friendship’

2024-06-08

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This is a historical article published in 1944 in the Keijo Nippo newspaper, which served as the national newspaper of

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Annie Ellers Bunker, American missionary who went from personal physician to Empress Myeongseong to thriving philanthropist in Colonial Korea, was praised in this 1938 Keijo Nippo obituary for endorsing the Imperial Japanese Army

2023-11-14

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This obituary from October 1938, published in Keijo Nippo newspaper, an organ of the Imperial Japanese colonial regime which ruled

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Ms. B.F. Starkey, blue-eyed American missionary featured in 1938 Keijo Nippo as a pro-Imperial model foreigner inspired by Japanese-Korean Unification policy to join the Patriotic Women’s Association in Seoul

2023-11-11

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This 1938 article is a historical account in a colonial propaganda newspaper about Ms. B.F. Starkey, an American missionary in

Russian Tatar

Shamseinoor Berikova, 19-year-old blue-eyed Russian Tatar refugee woman and Seoul resident in 1938, featured in Keijo Nippo as a pro-Imperial Japan patriotic model minority speaking fluent Japanese and supporting Imperial soldiers on their way to China

2023-10-23

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This article from 1938 features Shamseinoor Berikova, a 19-year-old blue-eyed Russian Tatar woman who was a daughter of a clothing

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The Sulemans were a Russian Tatar refugee family in Seoul who gained acceptance as assimilated Imperial Japanese people while holding strong to their Muslim faith, and left for Turkey amid warm farewells in 1939

2023-07-18

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This article from 1939 features the remarkable story of a Tatar family in Imperial Japan. This particular article bids a

Russian Tatar

Spotlight on 1943 Seoul: A Glimpse into the Russian Tatar Refugee Community, Marja Ibrahim’s Poetry Tribute to Tatar National Poet Ğabdulla Tuqay on the 30-year anniversary of his death

2023-06-17

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Following on from a previous post about the small community of Russian Tatars residing in Seoul in 1943, I’m glad

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Seoul police busted some British and American residents in early 1942 for trying to buy the book ‘Korea of the Japanese’ by H.B. Drake, and a deported American was discovered to have sold ‘Banzai!’ by Parabellum to a Jongno bookstore, allegedly uncovering an ‘American conspiracy’ to poison Korea

2022-12-29

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This is an article from December 1942, and it particularly stands out for its especially anti-American and anti-British messaging. It

Exposing Imperial Japan

Category: Foreign Residents

Russian Tatar man wearing and selling Imperial Japanese “National Uniform” in colonial Seoul (March 1941)

Russian Tatar refugee Shamshinoor Nugman in colonial Seoul after fleeing the Bolsheviks with the White Russians (November 1941)

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

Chinese children in 1944 Seoul featured singing to Imperial Army soldiers ‘in the beautiful bloom of Japanese-Chinese friendship’

Annie Ellers Bunker, American missionary who went from personal physician to Empress Myeongseong to thriving philanthropist in Colonial Korea, was praised in this 1938 Keijo Nippo obituary for endorsing the Imperial Japanese Army

Ms. B.F. Starkey, blue-eyed American missionary featured in 1938 Keijo Nippo as a pro-Imperial model foreigner inspired by Japanese-Korean Unification policy to join the Patriotic Women’s Association in Seoul

Shamseinoor Berikova, 19-year-old blue-eyed Russian Tatar refugee woman and Seoul resident in 1938, featured in Keijo Nippo as a pro-Imperial Japan patriotic model minority speaking fluent Japanese and supporting Imperial soldiers on their way to China

The Sulemans were a Russian Tatar refugee family in Seoul who gained acceptance as assimilated Imperial Japanese people while holding strong to their Muslim faith, and left for Turkey amid warm farewells in 1939

Spotlight on 1943 Seoul: A Glimpse into the Russian Tatar Refugee Community, Marja Ibrahim’s Poetry Tribute to Tatar National Poet Ğabdulla Tuqay on the 30-year anniversary of his death

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