1945-09-20

Keijo Nippo coverage of Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and U.S. reception of Domei's Keijo branch

KoreaKeijo Nippo coverage of Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and U.S. reception of Domei's Keijo branch is a occupation record around Korea, situated in the endgame phase when the Korean Liberation Army, forced mobilization, and colonial security all intensified. It belongs to the wider reshaping of mobilization and independence politics in colonial Korea.

Other events in this phase

Colonial Korea and Liberation Transition397
  1. Keijo Nippo coverage of currency rules, Chosen Bank notes, radio management, and wage controls
  2. Keijo Nippo coverage of public elementary schools for Korean education and overseas compatriot repatriation
  3. Keijo Nippo coverage of Hodge on law and morality, public-order rules, and curfew
  4. Keijo Nippo coverage of Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and U.S. reception of Domei's Keijo branchCurrent record
  5. Keijo Nippo coverage of peaceful coexistence, home-island return, currency, fuel, and ration questions
  6. Keijo Nippo coverage of General Order No. 5, special-law repeal, and weapons handover
  7. Keijo Nippo coverage of land tax, weapons handover, repatriation trains, and the Korean League in Japan
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Wartime Position

the endgame when Korean Liberation Army planning and intensified forced mobilization met Japan’s approaching defeat

Keijo Nippo coverage of Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and U.S. reception of Domei's Keijo branch is a occupation record around Korea, situated in the endgame phase when the Korean Liberation Army, forced mobilization, and colonial security all intensified. It belongs to the wider reshaping of mobilization and independence politics in colonial Korea.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Korea clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Keijo Nippo Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and Domei reception page, 20 September 1945 and Wikimedia Commons · Keijo Nippo, 20 September 1945 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Keijo Nippo Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and Domei reception page, 20 September 1945Visual recordKeijo Nippo Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and Domei reception page, 20 September 1945The 20 September 1945 Keijo Nippo page prominently reports that repatriation trains would be suspended for the time being until stranded people at Busan were cleared, and that people designated on 18 and 19 September would receive priority. The same page covers tens of thousands waiting at Busan, Yoshida Shigeru’s investiture as foreign minister and expectations around U.S.-British diplomacy, creation of a deputy chief-cabinet-secretary post, U.S. reception of Domei’s Keijo branch and service orders for Korean employees, the night curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., war-damage consultation, and the difficulty of completely removing mines from Japanese coastal waters, showing how return transport, communications control, and movement restrictions became linked administrative problems in early military-government Korea. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Keijo Nippo coverage of Busan returnee congestion, repatriation-train suspension, and U.S. reception of Domei's Keijo branch.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Keijo Nippo, 20 September 1945Open source