Category: Military

Military

Propaganda ‘feel good story’ praises Korean grandfather for finally accepting his grandson’s voluntary enlistment in the Imperial Japanese air force, as it was ‘not easy to persuade’ him due to his ‘having lived through half a century of complicated historical changes’ (Dongdaemun Seoul, 1943)

2022-08-01

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This is my translation and transcription of a news article from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

Military

Governor Koiso told Korean conscripts in Imperial Army in 1944 address that the onus was on them to reduce anti-Korean discrimination by ‘cleansing away’ the ‘vestiges of the Yi Dynasty within themselves’ to become less dishonest, and be ‘penetrated in the true meaning of national identity’

2022-07-07

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The following address is a remarkable admission by the Governor-General of Korea that Korean conscripts had filed complaints about being

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Educational supervisor declares that ‘old ways of thought of the Korean women must first be corrected’, and mocks Korean mothers for being worried for their conscripted sons’ lives while they aren’t afraid of death when it comes to shopping

2022-07-06

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This 1943 article describes 200 Korean women packed in an auditorium as Mr. Kondo the colonial educational supervisor delivers a

Japanese Language

Propaganda articles say Koreans men are cowards because of ‘literary effeminacy’ and too much filial piety toward Korean parents who ‘just play around and live off their children’s income’ after age 50, and resolves to ‘reshape’ Korean Confucianism by ‘beating it’ into a Japanese form (1943)

2022-06-09

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This is my translation and transcription of two news articles from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

Military

‘We’re going to Washington!’ – a 1944 statue of an Imperial Japanese Army soldier ‘glaring with glistening eyes at the U.S. burning with an attacking, fighting spirit’ saying, ‘I will stand firm with my heroes and march on the U.S. mainland!’

2022-06-06

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(Translation) Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) March 17, 1944 Wartime Art Exhibition “We’re Going to Washington!” Information Section Chief Prize By

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In April 1919, two Imperial Japanese soldiers were disarmed and knocked unconscious in a village in Pyeongsan-gun by 100 protestors, who tied them up for families of deceased protestors to kill, then freed by the ward leader who feared retaliation, only for reinforcements to arrest 20 protestors

2022-03-03

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Notes: The events in this article take place in Pyeongsan-gun in what is now North Korea. The incident happened on April 8,

School

Korean schoolgirls in 1943 mending military uniforms almost nonstop with minimal breaks from 8:30a to 4p as Imperial Japanese soldiers loom over watching

2022-02-25

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(Translation) Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) July 19, 1943 A heart of sincerity in every stitch Repairing military uniforms at

Military

British and Australian prisoners of war arrive in Seoul and Incheon on September 25, 1942

2022-02-04

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Notes: For the best experience, I recommend also reading the first-hand accounts of the Allied prisoners of war to

Military

Part 1 – Thousands of young Korean men were recruited to guard Allied POWs, and guards were told to teach the POWs to “recognize the superiority of the Japanese people and to make them respect the Japanese Empire from the bottom of their hearts”

2022-01-24

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Notes: Some 3000 young Korean men were recruited by Imperial Japan as civilians to work as civilians to guard

Prisoners of War

Part 2 – Thousands of young Korean men were recruited to guard Allied POWs, who were called “masses of materialism with little spiritual cultivation” and “mentally retarded people” whom the guards had to “splendidly guide and subdue”

2022-01-24

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Notes: Some 3000 young Korean men were recruited by Imperial Japan as civilians to work as civilians to guard