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6 unusual facts about Korea under Japanese rule


Kim Saryan

Kim Saryan (金 史良, March 3, 1914 – 1950) was a Japanese and Korean author during the Japanese Colonial Period.

Korea under Japanese rule

American forces under General John R. Hodge arrived at the southern part of the Korean Peninsula on 8 September 1945, while the Soviet Army and some Korean Communists had stationed themselves in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

Pyongyang FC

Pyongyang FC was the highest ranked club in Pyongyang during the latter stages of Japanese colonial rule up to 1945 and the club still existed after the Soviet liberation.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chuncheon

The episcopal see was erected April 25, 1939 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul as the Prefecture Apostolic of Shunsen, the city's name during the period of Japanese rule of Korea.

Uhm Bok-dong

Uhm Bok-dong (1892-1951) was a Korean cyclist active during the Japanese colonial era.

Willis Carrier

In 1930, Carrier started Toyo Carrier and Samsung Applications in Japan and Korea.


Bridal Mask

The setting takes place in Seoul, Korea during the 1930s Japanese colonial era.

Chūichi Ariyoshi

He was the first president of Keijō Imperial University in Seoul, Korea, from May to July 1924 during the Japanese rule period.

Dangun

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a resurgence in Korean nationalism after repeated outside foreign incursions and the beginning of colonial rule in 1910 to 1945, the movement was revived in Daejonggyo (대종교; 大宗敎).

Kazuo Hirotsu

His politics supported the Japanese government in World War II, and he was sent on a government-sponsored visit to Korea, where he met author Kim Saryan, and to Manchukuo, where he toured several Japanese settlements.

Kyeong-Hee Choi

Her recent research and teaching interests have been focused around the relationships between historical and literary representation and the experience of modern Koreans, including colonial rule, national division, the Korean War, the Cold War, and democratization.

Tateo Katō

In May 1927 he was posted to the 6th Hiko Rentai (flight regiment) in Pyongyang, Korea.

Technodelic

For "Seoul Music", the kanji "京城" are used, referring to Gyeongseong (경성; known as Keijou in Japan), the name of Seoul when Korea was under Japanese rule.


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