Japanese annexation of Korea facts for kids
The Japanese annexation of Korea happened in 1910. The Empire of Japan annexed (made part of its territory) the Korean Empire. In Japanese it is also called 日韓併合、朝鮮併合、日韓合邦 which translate as annexation of Korea, annexation of Joseon (an old name of Korea), and unification of Japan and Korea.
Then Japanese ruled Korea until 1945, after the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War II.
Images for kids
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General power of attorney to Lee Wan-yong sealed and signed, by the last emperor, Sunjong (李坧) on 22 August 1910 (융희4년; 隆熙4年)
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A soldier of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies
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Terauchi Masatake, the first Japanese Governor-General of Korea
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Headquarters of the Oriental Development Company in Keijō
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Chinese anti-Japanese poster published after reprisals by Koreans
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Japan-Korea Cooperative Unity, World Leader. – The notion of racial and imperial unity of Korea and Japan gained widespread following among the literate minority of the middle and upper classes.
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Kuniaki Koiso, Governor-General of Korea from 1942 to 1944, implemented a draft of Koreans for wartime labor.
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A news article showing that Park Chung-hee had submitted an oath of allegiance to Japan in his own blood with his application form to serve in the Manchukuo Imperial Army, 31 March 1939
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Crown Prince Lieutenant General Yi Un, Prince Captain Yi Geon and Captain Yi Wu in 1938
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Lieutenant Park Chung-hee, Manchukuo, 1944
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Korean volunteers in the Imperial Japanese Army, January 1943
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A kidnapped girl sold into China by ethnic Korean brokers – 30 June 1933 The Dong-a Ilbo
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Photo memorialising the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, 1919
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Provinces of Chosen Korea under Japanese rule
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Production in Korea under Japanese rule
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Population of Korea under Japanese rule
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Keijō Imperial University, Keijō
See also
In Spanish: Ocupación japonesa de Corea para niños
