Category: Military

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

502

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

468

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

Military

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

526

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

Military

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

528

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

Uncategorized

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

2022-02-04

633

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

Prisoners of War

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

568

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

552

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

Uncategorized

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill crying over the Fall of Singapore in 1942, “If we had only listened to Japan during last fall’s negotiations, we wouldn’t be in such grief”

2022-01-10

507

Notes: The sign on the right says “New version of Sankatsu and Hanshichi at the Bar”. This refers to an

Uncategorized

In 1942 Busan, Korean pastors and foreign residents (Russian Tatar family, English woman, Chinese consul) praise Imperial Japan as British POWs captured in Malaysia start arriving in the city

2021-12-11

486

Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) September 24, 1942 People on the ground asked about the captured prisoners of war landing

Uncategorized

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

2021-11-30

498

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