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Comfort Women

1943 editorial calls for Korean language to be wiped out, says Korean comfort women were touched by the noble appearance and hearts of the Imperial Japanese soldiers, and the women offered heartfelt comfort in response as their chests filled with excitement, their sincere hearts touching each other

2022-01-18

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Notes: This editorial article from 1943 explicitly and blatantly calls for the Korean language to be “wiped out”. Here

Model Korean Family

In 1942, one pro-Imperial Japan Korean family went to great lengths to force Japanese on their children, scolding a son for informally learning some basic Korean at school, making sure their Korean-speaking grandmother visiting them in Seoul from Kaesong did not influence them too much

2022-01-14

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Notes: I think the family may have provided an older photo of themselves, because the children look much younger

University

In 1942, Matsumoto Chitei reportedly became the first Korean woman ever to earn a Medical Ph.D., all while raising three children; she discovered at Seoul University that the midbrain of the toad had a cardiovascular center which regulated heart rate

2022-01-11

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Notes: This article says that Dr. Matsumoto Chitei became the first Korean woman to earn a Medical Ph.D. degree.

Military

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

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

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In 1942, pro-Imperial Japanese Korean parents boasted that their six children born and raised in Korea could not understand a word of Korean, because they ‘bit to death’ any Korean words which might accidentally slip out of their mouths, for which they were laughed at by other Koreans

2022-01-06

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Mr. Minami, who is mentioned in this article as the Governor and the Father of the Korean peninsula, refers

School

Korean residents of Seoul once spoke their own unique dialect of Japanese called “Keijō-kotoba”, which included phrases like doshitanne (‘what’s the matter?’) and 조건chōdai (‘give me the conditions’), and Imperial Japanese authorities tried to eradicate it in schools

2021-12-31

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During Japanese colonization, Korean residents of Seoul apparently spoke their own unique dialect of Japanese called “Keijō-kotoba”, which included

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Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee featured in 1944 promotional poster in Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo)

2021-12-29

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Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) April 20, 1944 Choi Seung-hee Artistic Dance Performance World Dance Comfort for Warriors Promotion of

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Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee featured in 1936 Taiwan promotional poster

2021-12-29

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June 1, 1936 Taiwan Geijutsu Shimpo Vol. 2, No. 6 Dance Princess of the Peninsula: Choi Seung-hee Grand Performance

Christianity

In 1938, an Imperial Japanese ideologue took over Chungshin Girls’ High School in Seoul and replaced prayers with moments of silence for the Imperial military, replaced bible readings with Imperial vows, and scrubbed foreigners from school portraits

2021-12-27

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Chungshin (정신) Girls’ High School is a private school in Seoul that was founded by Dr. Horace Underwood, an American

Philosophy

1943 Imperial Japanese editorial declares liberalism collapsed and liberal civilization as incapable of maintaining peace and order, and attacks the “analytical spirit of modernity”, “extreme analysis”, “abuse of the intellect”, and “divisive individualism” while praising fascism and Nazism for building holistic, organic communal societies

2021-12-24

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The True Meaning of National Identity and the Righteous Peninsula (5) By Kamata Sawaichiro The Rise of Internal Cohesionism

Exposing Imperial Japan

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1943 editorial calls for Korean language to be wiped out, says Korean comfort women were touched by the noble appearance and hearts of the Imperial Japanese soldiers, and the women offered heartfelt comfort in response as their chests filled with excitement, their sincere hearts touching each other

In 1942, one pro-Imperial Japan Korean family went to great lengths to force Japanese on their children, scolding a son for informally learning some basic Korean at school, making sure their Korean-speaking grandmother visiting them in Seoul from Kaesong did not influence them too much

In 1942, Matsumoto Chitei reportedly became the first Korean woman ever to earn a Medical Ph.D., all while raising three children; she discovered at Seoul University that the midbrain of the toad had a cardiovascular center which regulated heart rate

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”

In 1942, pro-Imperial Japanese Korean parents boasted that their six children born and raised in Korea could not understand a word of Korean, because they ‘bit to death’ any Korean words which might accidentally slip out of their mouths, for which they were laughed at by other Koreans

Korean residents of Seoul once spoke their own unique dialect of Japanese called “Keijō-kotoba”, which included phrases like doshitanne (‘what’s the matter?’) and 조건chōdai (‘give me the conditions’), and Imperial Japanese authorities tried to eradicate it in schools

Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee featured in 1944 promotional poster in Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo)

Korean modern dancer Choi Seung-hee featured in 1936 Taiwan promotional poster

In 1938, an Imperial Japanese ideologue took over Chungshin Girls’ High School in Seoul and replaced prayers with moments of silence for the Imperial military, replaced bible readings with Imperial vows, and scrubbed foreigners from school portraits

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