A look into the foreign films showing...

U.S. soldiers guard the Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo...

Japanese Keijo Nippo reporters interviewed Korean abductee...

Hollywood movies and Western cosmetic brands were...

‘Jeon’ became ‘Takamatsu’ and ‘Park’ became ‘Masaki’:...

Amid severe wartime food shortages in 1943,...

Korean schoolgirls make improvised ‘tadon’ coal dumplings...

Despite Pastor Underwood’s heroic refusal to worship...

Colonial regime forced Korean schools to drop...

In 1944, the Japanese govt built internment...

Five Korean singers, including future pop stars...

February 1943 news article of British prisoners...

Korean forced laborers worked the Gyeongsan cobalt...

Governor-General Koiso blamed excessive chili peppers for...

Colonial authorities discussed how to reduce prenatal/infant...

Category: Military

School

In October 1943, Seoul high school girls make “comfort books” filled with pictures, poetry, songs, and cute dolls for Imperial Japanese soldiers fighting in the Pacific front

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Gyeongseong Ilbo, October 29, 1943 Comfort books to the front lineNew Opportunity for Seoul No. 2 High School Girls

Imperial Way

In March 1944 in Seoul, an angry speech by Governor Koiso of Japan-occupied Korea called for the “Anglo-Saxon utilitarian worldview” to be shattered and Hakko Ichiu thought to be spread across the world; his rally celebrated the war path of martyrdom and “Banzai to Holy War”

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Kuniaki Koiso was the Governor of Japan-occupied Korea from June 1942 to July 1944. He was arguably the most

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In April 1943, Seoul high school girls went to an Imperial Japanese military camp to plant a flower garden, then entertained Japanese soldiers at a “comfort party” by dancing, singing Japanese imperial military songs, and acting in Kabuki plays

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This article describes some school girls from Seoul No. 2 Girls’ High School taking a day trip to an

Military

In June 1944, the Japanese military gave a Burmese delegation a VIP tour of Seoul, including the local schools Japanizing Korean children (photo: Susong School in Jongno-gu, Seoul)

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In June 1944, the Japanese military gave their Burmese visitors a VIP tour of Seoul, including the local schools that

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Why did many Koreans “voluntarily” enlist in the Imperial Japanese military during WWII? Partly due to ominous Japanese government edicts like this one in 1943 threatening Korean students with worse treatment under punitive conscription for missing the deadline to voluntarily enlist

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On October 20, 1943, the government of Japan-occupied Korea selected certain groups of male students in Korea, like liberal