Documents from the U.S. Department of State, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Commerce on Korea under Japanese occupation. Japan annexed Korea in 1910, and from 1931 to 1945 it ruled Korea by a strict military regime.
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This archive documents Korea under Japanese occupation through the postwar period. Japan annexed Korea in 1910, and in the period 1931 to 1945 it ruled Korea by a strict military regime with complete cultural assimilation the order of the day The euphoria following Japan's defeat, and Korea's liberation, in 1945 was short lived as Soviet and American policy makers divided Korea under a joint protectorship.
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Archives UnboundProduct Type: Primary Sources
Content Types: Government Documents (GD), Manuscripts (MN)