Memories of Japan age in Korean Peninsula

In East Asia, there are many information which are not introducedtothe Western countries. This site focused on what Japan contributedtoKorean Peninsula during the period of Japanese rule in Korean peninsula, 1910-1945. The pictures anddatawill tell you what had been going on in the East Asia from thelate 19thcentury to the early 20th century, and how Japan as a nationcontributedto Korean peninsula which we can not tell by a simpleword"colonialism". As Taiwanese say "Imperial Japan established and improved the infrastructures in Taiwan", Japan also establishedandimproved the national state infrastructure in Korean Peninsula after Korea-Japan annexation. Japanese rule.

Contents 1. Books 2. Korean Peninsula at the end of 19th century - Joseon dynasty (before 1910) 3. Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule (1910-1945) / Korean People's life 1920's-1930's 4. Data 5. Others

Namdaemun, Seoul, Korea in 1897 (Joseon dynasty; left); in 1930's (Japanese rule; right)

Books

Korea and Her Neighbours	Offspring of Empire	Korea's Fight for Freedom
Isabella L. Bird	Carter J. Eckert	F. A.Mckenzie

Namdaemun, Seoul 1897	West gate 1896
	Namdaemun (South Gate) Avenue 1888
Circa 1888, downtown of  Seoul

Wedding in Pyongyang	Pyongyang

Namdaemun (South Gate) Avenue 1936	Department store  1937
Shopping area in Seoul	Trams ( streetcars ) in Pyongyang
Inchon city	Daejeon city
Sunroom in Choson Hotel, Seoul 1940	A Street near the South Gate
Industrial district in Hamhung city of North Korea 1942	Dam across Amnok River, Pyongan-pukto, North Korea 1944

Photo: Murayama Chijun (Japanese); his collection is in Keio Univ, Japan http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~shnomura/mura/index_kr.htm

▪ references:
*1 Joseon Wangjo Sillok; 1,521,165(1636) - 5,928,802 (1904) simple net increment.
others Textbook for teachers 1989; The Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development / "21st century Japanophile (pro-Japan) problem" 2003

▪ references:
"Korea railways" 1931, Railway Bureau of Governor-General of Korea
*The total operating kilometers in Korean peninsula reached 6,632km, employees 100,500 in 1945

▪ references:
"Japan-Korea annexation: The truth of the 36 years"  Choi Kiho, guest professor of Kaya University, 2004
* 1/3 of the governmental revenue of Governor-General of Korea was from Japan

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Korea under Japanese rule was the period when Korea was a part of the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945. Japan's involvement began with the 1876 Treaty of Ganghwa during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and increased with the subsequent assassination of Empress Myeongseong at the hands of Japanese agents in 1895. It culminated with the 1905 Eulsa Treaty and the 1910 Annexation Treaty, both of which were eventually declared "null and void" by both Japan and South Korea in 1965. In this period, although Japan built modern road and communications networks, life for ordinary Koreans was harsh.Japanese control of Korea ended with the surrender of Japan to the Allied forces in 1945 at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was subsequently divided into North and South Koreas. The legacy of the occupation remains in continuing disputes between Japan and the two Koreas.

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