1942-10-01 - 1943-04-01

Korean Language Society Case

Hamhung and Keijo/SeoulKorea · Members of the Korean Language Society were arrested as wartime suppression of Korean language and culture intensified.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Doolittle Raid
  2. Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
  3. Battle of Midway
  4. Korean Language Society CaseCurrent record
  5. Battle of Changde
  6. Greater East Asia Conference
  7. Korea clause in the Cairo Declaration
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Context

The case shows that Korea before liberation was not quiet; language and culture were also subject to wartime repression.

Sources and media

The Korean History Database and colonial-period source lanes are linked.

Media

Gendarmes in Korea under Japanese ruleVisual recordGendarmes in Korea under Japanese ruleA colonial policing image for surveillance, censorship, and security-control records in Korea.

Source Trail

Archive국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스Open sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen source