Japanese annexation of Korea facts for kids
The Japanese annexation of Korea happened in 1910. This is when the Empire of Japan took control of the Korean Empire and made it part of its own territory. In Japanese, this event is also known as the "annexation of Korea" or the "unification of Japan and Korea."
Japan ruled Korea until 1945. This was after the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War II, when Japan lost the war.
Images for kids
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General power of attorney to Lee Wan-yong sealed and signed by the last emperor, Sunjong, on 22 August 1910.
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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. This idea of unity between Korea and Japan was popular among some educated people.
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Kuniaki Koiso, Governor-General of Korea from 1942 to 1944, who made Koreans join the army for wartime labor.
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A news article showing that Park Chung-hee had promised loyalty to Japan in his own blood to join 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 remembering the start 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
