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	History of Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Period of Japanese Rule, a self-professed Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established in Shanghai.
		In 1910 the country was officially annexed by Japan establishing a long and brutal period of occupation and genocide of the Korean people known in the west as the Japanese Colonial Period in Korea.
		Korea continued to be ruled by Japan until Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces on 15 August 1945.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/History_of_Korea (2887 words)

	The History Cooperative Conference Proceedings Seascapes, Littoral Cultures, and Trans-Oceanic Exchanges Transformations of East Asian Polities in Maritime East Asia: A comparison of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Taiwan and Korea, 1600-2000
		For the Japanese rulers, Korean identity was often subordinated to different projects of assimilation that portrayed colonial rule as a means to achieve participation in a modern society that was distinctly East Asian with the Japanese at the center.
		Korea became a Japanese protectorate in 1905 at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War; Japanese influence over key government activities including finance, police, and the courts expanded even further.
		Korea in 1600 is a kingdom that recently survived two Japanese invasions and in a few decades will accept the Manchus as the successor to the Ming dynasty; by 1700 its government is largely focused on issues of domestic order and with limited foreign contacts.
	www.historycooperative.org /proceedings/seascapes/wong.html (2887 words)

	Japanese Historical Summary: Meiji Period
		During the latter part of the period, Japan emerged as an imperialist power through victories in the SINO-JAPANESE WAR of 1894-1995, and the RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, and the annexation of Korea in 1910.
		#Kapsin Political coup started in Korea with the aid of Japanese.
		1886 CE #Normanton Incident; all 23 Japanese passengers of the British freighter Normanton drown; the British crew escape in lifeboats.
	secretsofjapan.com /WOD/AHEras9.html (2887 words)

	History and Historiography in North Korea (4)
		From Korea's liberation from Japanese rule in 1945 to the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul, in the eyes of North Koreans, was the principal city and capital on the Korean peninsula.
		Subdued by Japanese colonial rule, Korea was immersed in the process of rapid and painful change that urged nationalism-inclined Korean intellectuals to sum up the lessons of the national past and discover a way for their country's successful development in the future.
		The Japanese reactionaries wrote that the Korean War broke out due to the "invasion" by the DPRK although it was provoked by the U.S. imperialists.
	members.fortunecity.com /leonid7/history_4.htm (7772 words)

	History of Korea (1900–1950) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An industrial base was established in Korea under Japanese rule for the production of weapons and military arms for use in the First World War, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Pacific War.
		Korea's underground resources were also taken advantage of at this time through the conscription of Koreans to work in mines connected to various railroads, all built by Japanese companies.
		Korea continued to be ruled by Japan until Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces on 15 August 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Period_of_Japanese_Rule_(Korea) (3552 words)

	k-sun.htm
		The Colonial period under the Japanese for the current generation of Koreans, possibly serves as a modern reminder of the continued attacks on the Korean people throughout their history by all of their surrounding Asian neighbours, and serves as the modern nucleus for national resentment towards the notion of foreign encroachment.
		The Japanese found the Korean agricultural sector to be organised on a local level with ill-defined areas of common land and land that was loosely attached to estates of the former Aristocratic class or to the former Korean Royal family.
		Japanese residents watching the scene then began to join the police in their beatings of the Koreans with fists, feet and sticks.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Towers/5067/k-sun.htm (3552 words)

	Korean War Veterans Memorial: Japanese Occupation in Korea
		Torn by Ideology > Japanese Occupation > Korean Resistance > The Cold War >
		Japan alternated brutal repression with divide and rule techniques, which pitted Korean against Korean.
		After decades of expanding influence in Korea, Japan formally annexed "the land of the morning calm." Imperial forces structured every part of the Korean economy to strengthen an empire that stretched across Manchuria, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and part of China.
	www.nps.gov /kwvm/war/occupation.htm (165 words)

	Traditions of Change
		Despite the difficulty of life and the injury to the Korean spirit during the Japanese colonial period, it was during this time that railroads and factories were built, modern medicine thrived, and public education was established.
		Japanese shinto became the state religion, and Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names.
		The people of South Korea were ruled by right-wing military dictatorships until a protest movement forced democratic elections in 1987.
	www.arts.wa.gov /progFA/korean/Korean03.htm (455 words)

	History of Korea, part II
		The Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, cause the peninsula to came under divided rule: the USSR occupied Korea north of the 38th parallel, while the U.S. occupied the southern section.
		Under UN auspices, a democratic government established the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in 1948 with its capital in Seoul.
		People were forced to adopt Japanese names, convert to the Shinto (native Japanese) religion, and were forbidden to use Korean language in schools and business.
	www.lifeinkorea.com /Information/history2.cfm (723 words)

	Far Outliers
		To commemorate the 85th anniversary of Korea's March First Independence Movement in 1919, the Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) has published two articles on photographic archives from the colonial period.
		According to "The New Japanese Civil Code" by Professor N. Hozumi, the present Civil Code proceeds upon the equality of the sexes, and makes no distinction between men and women in their enjoyment of private life so long as a woman remains single.
		"During the Japanese occupation, the Christians suddenly saw the roles reversed as the Japanese seemingly favored the Moslem population.
	faroutliers.blogspot.com /2004_02_01_faroutliers_archive.html (13579 words)

	Period of Japanese Rule (Korea) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Korea's underground resources were also exploited at this time by conscripting Koreans to work in mines connected to various railroads, all built by Japanese companies.
		Japanese victory in the conflict put an end to Russian influence in Korea.
		The Queen had opposed members of her court that favored reforms suggested by Japan, and so the Japanese minister to Korea is said to have orchestrated the assassination of the Queen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Period_of_Japanese_Rule (13579 words)

	CNN.com - Koizumi: 'Heartfelt remorse' for Korean suffering - October 15, 2001
		SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Dogged by protesters on his one day visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has voiced "heartfelt remorse" for the pain and sorrow inflicted on the Korean people under Japanese colonial rule.
		He said he was visiting the park "not as a Japanese prime minister, but more as a politician and a person" to pay respects to "the sacrifice and the pain of Koreans".
		At a park in the capital, Seoul, Koizumi laid a wreath before a small monument dedicated to Korean independence freedom fighters tortured to death during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/15/korea.koizumi (469 words)

	frontline: kim's nuclear gamble: who are they?: some historical perspective PBS
		The Japanese did modernize Korea to some extent, and began to industrialize the northern part of the country in the 1930s, but Japanese colonial rule did not teach Koreans anything about liberal democracy or how to build a free society.
		Then, immediately after the end of colonial rule, North Korea underwent a Stalinist revolution under Soviet occupation between 1945 and 1948.
		Thus, Japanese colonialism was another authoritarian layer of experience, on top of Korean tradition, that has influenced present-day North Korea.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kim/them/historical.html (469 words)

	Liminality... the space in between Archive Entry #17
		Although it failed in its ultimate goal of freeing Korea from Japanese colonial rule, it served to unite the independence movement both in Korea and in exile, and it made the Japanese reconsider their approach to ruling the Korean peninsula.
		The first item on the list was: “You hate the Japanese for no particular reason.” This may sound a bit harsh to outsiders, but after living in Korea for a while you begin to understand that no part of Korea was left untouched during the colonial period.
		Koreans were forbidden to use the Korean language and forced to use Japanese, and they were forced to attend Shinto religious services.
	www.liminality.org /archives/17 (469 words)

	Korean History:: A Bibliography :::::: [LATE 19TH CENTURY THRU 1945 - Post-1868 Relations with Japan and China]
		Caprio, Mark E. “Linguistic Colonialism and Nation Extensionism: The Case of Korea under Japanese Rule.” (Rikkyo daigaku gengo jinbun kiyo) Kotoba to ningen 1 (1999): 87-116.
		The Abacus and The Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910.
		"The Masculinist Bonds of Nation and Empire: The Discourse on Korean ‘Japanese’ Soldiers in the Asia Pacific War." Senri Ethnological Studies 51 (2000:3): 133-161.
	www.hawaii.edu /korea/bibliography/late_19thC_thru_1945-japan_china_relations.htm (469 words)

	Period of Japanese Rule (Korea)
		In Korean history, the Period of Japanese Rule or Iljeong Sidae (일정시대; 日政時代; ("Period of Japanese Rule") in Korean) describes the period from 1910 to 1945, when Korea (at that time called Chosun) was ruled by Japan or Japanese Imperialism.
		On August 22, 1910, Japan forcibly usurped Korea by the so-called Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty and the Japanese Resident-General in Korea became the Governor-General of Korea.
		Therefore, the Japanese may have decided to take over the nearest country they could think of, and Korea happened to be that country.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Period_of_Japanese_Rule_(Korea) (469 words)

	Period of Japanese Rule (Korea)
		In Korean history, the Period of Japanese Rule or Iljeong Sidae (일정시대; 日政時代; ("Period of Japanese Rule") in Korean) describes the period from 1910 to 1945, when Korea (at that time called Chosun) was ruled by Japan or Japanese Imperialism.
		After the outbreak of World War II, however, this lenient policy was reversed, and school subjects such as Korean history and language were once again removed in favor of their Japanese equivalents.
		On August 22, 1910, Japan forcibly usurped Korea by the so-called Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty and the Japanese Resident-General in Korea became the Governor-General of Korea.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Period_of_Japanese_Rule_(Korea) (469 words)

	Japan in Their Own Words
		And after the Japanese governor Prince Ito, a highly respected prime minister during the Russo-Japanese war, was assassinated by a Korean terrorist, direct rule started.
		In the last half century, the proponents of pro-South Korean policies in Japanese politics and media had been the conservatives.
		As the result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 and 1905, Russia recognized Japan's mastery in Korea and it became Japan's protectorate.
	www.esuj.gr.jp /jitow/eng/contents/jitow_0026.htm (820 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: History of Korea (1900-1950)
		In Korea, the period from 1910 to 1945 is called either the Period of Japanese Imperial Rule (Ilje Sidae, 일제시대) or the Period of Imperial Japanese forcible occupation (Ilje Gangjeomgi, 일제강점기).
		On August 22, 1910, Korea was officially annexed by Japan under a Governor-General of Korea with the Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty signed under duress by Lee Wan-Yong: Prime Minister of Korea, and Masatake Terauchi: Japanese Resident-General in Korea who became the Governor-General of Korea.
		The Japanese influence increased with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910 under duress.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=History_of_Korea_(1900-1950) (3687 words)

	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
		The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is a dictatorship under the absolute rule of Kim Jong Il, who has exercised unchallenged authority since his father Kim Il Sung died in 1994.
		According to South Korean figures, North Korea's GDP began to grow slightly in 2000, but this was due largely to international aid and South Korean investment and followed years of steady decline during which GDP was estimated to have shrunk by half since 1993.
		Citizens with relatives who fled to South Korea at the time of the Korean War still appeared to be classified as part of the "hostile class." This subcategory alone encompassed a significant percentage of the population.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18249.htm (8818 words)

	Anti-US Sentiment in South Korea: Root Causes
		After the collapse of the Japanese Empire in 1945, the United States set up a client state in South Korea and empowered former employees of the Japanese Empire to run this 'government' using virtually the same laws Japan had used to rule Korea.
		Lee Hong Gyu - A Former Japanese Prosecution Clerk: His Son Lee Hoe Chang may become Korea's Next President - The survivors say that Lee Hong Gyu was more cruel and barbaric to his fellow countrymen than his Japanese masters.
		Thanks to the new generation of police officers and jurists in Korea, the pendulum is swinging away from 'conservative' elements who owe their jobs and fortunes to foreign powers.
	www.kimsoft.com /2002/anti-uslwr.htm (4926 words)

	E Law: Was the 1910 Annexation Treaty Between Korea and Japan Concluded Legally?
		On the other hand, both of the Korean governments claim that the 1910 Treaty was concluded under the coercion of Japanese military power and therefore is illegal and void ab initio.
		Japan's official stance has been that the Treaty was concluded legally and it remained valid until the Japanese colonial rule was ended as a result of its defeat in the World War II.
		On 5 October 1995, Japanese Prime Minister Murayama stated that the Treaty of Annexation between the Empire of Japan and the Empire of Korea of 22 August 1910 was concluded "legally".
	www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v3n2/kawasaki.html (1928 words)

	SIU Law Library: Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet
		During the Japanese rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945, the Japanese legal system was directly applied to Korea, and when the Republic of Korea was inaugurated in 1948, many laws from Japan were carried over.
		The government claims that this new rule is close to the actual pronunciation of Korean words and easy to adapt to the computer environment by eliminating diacritics.
		Korea is a democratic republic government based on the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances.
	www.law.siu.edu /lawlib/koreanlaw (6977 words)

	BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific S Korea protest over Japan claim
		The islands are surrounded by rich fishing waters and have been a source of tension since Japanese colonial rule over the Korean peninsula ended in 1945.
		South Korea has officially protested and demonstrators burned Japanese flags after a Japanese assembly re-ignited a row about a group of disputed islands.
		The rocky and uninhabited islands are currently occupied by a detachment of South Korean police.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/4352923.stm (6977 words)

	Japanese colonial rule a blessing? at The Marmot’s Hole
		But, the industrialization of Korea under the period of Japanese rule created the seeds from which Korea had the technological knowledge and experience to make the most of their economic opportunities their relationship with the US and through the US, the industrialized world, after the Korean War.
		If Koreans were under Japanese rule today living with Japanese per capita incomes and their material luxuries but with Japanese names, it would still be the greatest disaster continuing to unfold among Koreans, and they would still be feeling that fact in their hearts.
		Unlike the millions of Jews who were rounded up and taken to gas chambers and then had their bodies burnt in a systematic, industrial attempt to extinguish the ethnic group in Europe, the Koreans who suffered greatly under the authoritarian Japanese government were the ones who fought against it.
	blog.marmot.cc /archives/2005/03/05/japanese-colonial-rule-a-blessing (6977 words)

	Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This began the de facto period of Japanese rule in Korea.
		The Treaty of Annexation of Korea by Japan was signed on August 22, 1910 by the representatives of the Korean and Japanese Imperial Governments.
		The people who ratified the treaty were Korean ministers who betrayed their country and secretly agreed with the Japanese government prior to the actual signing of the treaty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Korea-Japan_Annexation_Treaty (284 words)

	Gyeongbokgung 1
		Japan already had a military presence in Korea (thanks to the first sino-japanese war), but was keen to completely dominate.
		Japan's grip escalated until Korea was completely annexed in 1910, ending 500+ years of Chosen rule.
		It's the spot where the last Chosen Empress, Myeongseong, was murdered by Japanese assassins in 1895.
	dvpolymedia.com /thevoid/temporaryexibits/kzone/g1.htm (376 words)

	Japan, S.Korea clash over history issues - (United Press International)
		According to a voluminous report the group released online Friday, the Japanese scholars insist that Korean individuals' right to claim postwar redress from Japan over abuses during Tokyo's colonial rule lapsed when both countries signed a treaty in 1965 that normalized bilateral relations.
		A group of Japanese and South Korean scholars have been conducting joint research into their shared history since May 2002, when Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung agreed to promote the project.
		But South Korean researchers say that Korean people still have the right to claim compensation, insisting that the Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party did not properly address historical issues when Japan and South Korea signed the treaty.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050610-053259-5107r.htm (204 words)

	Korean War 1950-1953 Example Essays.com - Over 101,000 essays, term papers and book reports!
		The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895.
		The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, said that it would be best if we entered the war.
		The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953.
	www.exampleessays.com /viewpaper/58145.html (204 words)

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