1943-01-01

Mobilization of Korean comfort women expands

KoreaMobilization of Korean comfort women expands is a colonial violence record, situated in the phase when Pacific War labor, conscription, and language control entered everyday colonial administration. 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. Korean Volunteer Army activity in the Taihang base area
  2. Korean Language Society arrests
  3. Korean coal labor requisition
  4. Mobilization of Korean comfort women expandsCurrent record
  5. Pyongyang war industries expand
  6. Rice-delivery quotas tightened in Korea
  7. Labor draft to northern Korean mines
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Wartime Position

the phase when labor mobilization, conscription, and wartime industrialization entered everyday administration

Mobilization of Korean comfort women expands is a colonial violence record, situated in the phase when Pacific War labor, conscription, and language control entered everyday colonial administration. 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.

National Archives · Japanese war-crimes records interim report helps cross-check the event’s timing and actors.

Source Trail

SourceNational Archives · Japanese war-crimes records interim reportOpen source