Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
In previous posts, I explored how Imperial Japan glorified Korean Kamikaze pilots in 1945, repackaging their deaths as noble sacrifices
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This is a very rare Korean–Japanese bilingual wartime propaganda poster, published in Keijo Nippo (Gyeongseong Ilbo) on October 7, 1944.
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This is a 1944 article featuring a damage-control press conference held by Imperial Japanese authorities to publicly address growing panic
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During the final phase of Imperial Japan’s rule over Korea, conscription orders came printed on different colors of paper, each
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For this post, I am examining two wartime propaganda articles to explore the hierarchical administrative structure that Imperial Japan used
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Ever since Imperial Japan annexed Korea in 1910, subduing the countryside proved to be one of the most difficult tasks.
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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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The following two news articles were printed adjacent to each other in the February 22, 1945 issue of Keijo Nippo,
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This news article from 1942 highlights the Imperialist ideological indoctrination that was imposed on a small Korean neighborhood in Edagawa,
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This article offers a fascinating glimpse into the decrepit state of the streetcar system in Seoul at the beginning of
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