How did The Empire of Japan annex Korea?

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

I've always wondered how Rome was able to make armor, spears, and swords to supply their huge military in a time before industrialization...it may be a good video idea.

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Having a slave class to do menial tasks takes a lot of the pressure off that machines do now. While they didn't industrialize that doesn't mean the Romans had no concept of large scale production they simply would have had a large number of smiths employed by the empire

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

@@UnholyWrath3277 that's true for a lot of things but not their standardized military equipment. Each sword has to be made individually by a smith and for a 40k man army to be completely wiped out with all equipment lost and another army raised and fully equipped within weeks can't be explained by your answer.

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment I mean your vastly underestimating the overall production of do it or die slavery lol. The vast majority of the raw labor is purely slaves with the smith's doing the finesse parts it's not like they didn't have massive forging areas throughout the empire. Again while it wasn't the assembly line by any means they were very good at large scale production

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment an empire Is made up of individuals. The emperor definitely owned a huge retinue if personal slaves but thats irrelevant. They basically contracted out several of the wealthiest Roman families would've originated at Smith's and they would be the private owner of the slaves who did the labor in that regard. The Smith himself would set the molds and do the actual brain work but things like feeding the furnaces running stuff etc is all slavery or at best apprentices. There is no shortage of materials you can find that discuss the actual logistics of it

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

@@UnholyWrath3277 I appreciate your enthusiasm but id rather you not try to answer my question with a guess but rather only if you actually knew for fact. Roman swords were not made from molds friend...it's a very different process than pouring molds. If you knew this you would understand my question better which I don't get the feeling you do. I'm not going to go into the process here because it would take to long but you can look it up and I think if you do you'll grasp what I'm asking better.

[@saitamapose]

I'm Japanese but I'm glad they became independent. Annexation of Korea was just wrong.

[@domokero1446]

Japan lack of mineral source back then to fuel its imperialist policies, and korea had abundant source

[@Bkings7]

@@niknak5179 lol what northern Korea is pretty mineral rich the Japanese industrialized it pretty heavily

[@jefflanong8361]

​@@niknak5179why do you think Japan invaded other South East Asian countries other than Korea? Think about it

[@jefflanong8361]

@@niknak5179 let's forget about which country colonized the SE countries. I'm asking for the reason why they invaded those countries in the first place sherlock

[@jefflanong8361]

@@niknak5179 source : trust me bro.

[@redstratus97]

Thanks for this. This is an event that isn’t talked about at all on most history sites. I knew this happened obviously but the particulars are just rarely talked about. It’s just when WW2 started we see on maps that Japan already had Korea and I’ve wondered how did that happen and when.

[@タロイモ-g3y]

"Japanese annexation of Korea" "South Korea was built by the Japanese" recorded by Taiwanese historian and philosopher Kō Bun'yū Huang Fumio (83 years old) The happiest 20th century Korean people in the world due to Japan's overprotection The essence of what is called "Korean merger" was not the Korean colonization of Japan, but the merger of Japan and South Korea. Postwar Koreans often emphasized the Japanese emperor's colonial plunder, and Japanese tend to think that Korea had a harsher rule than Taiwan, but the opposite is true. In Korea, land tax is cheaper than in Taiwan, rice production is also supported by a negative spread system, the management of underground resources is supported by the subsidy from the central government, and the annual expenditure is supported by the central compensation of 15 to 20% on average. Capital investment was also larger in Korea than in Taiwan. As a result, it transformed into a beautiful modern city, such as Seoul, which was said to be the dirtiest city in the world full of manure until the beginning of the 20th century, and the population of the peninsula doubled. In an ordinary modern nation, it is the duty and common sense of the people to cover the defense costs, but it was a privileged special treatment that even one yen was not collected from Koreans. In human history in the 20th century, no one has been overprotected and lived as happily as the Koreans at that time. The damage caused by famine, plague, war, and revolution is very small, except for the Korean war between our own people. In this way, South Korea is a nation that has grown while relying on Japan. The success of postwar nation-building and the achievement of OECD accession are due to the reliance on the transfer of capital and technology between Japan and the United States. The financial crisis of 1997, which is said to be the "second national humiliation," has managed to maintain its international status by being under the control of the IMF. It has been a custom of this country since the modern era that this application is totally dependent on Japan. However, Koreans never want to admit this because of their national pride. Therefore, even if the troops and recruitments were made during the Japanese era, they all want to claim that they were "forced entrainment" against their will. From the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, South Korea was the most unsanitary living environment in the world, with manure flooding the city in every region, from rural areas to the city of Seoul. Today's Korean generation is always proud of Korea's Sanshi Suimei, and Koreans boast that it is a country with clean water, which is rare in the world where you can drink raw water wherever you go. However, foreigners who saw Korea before the Japanese Emperor era are nakedly recording the actual situation at that time. For example, in "Korean Circumstances" by Father Claude Charles Dallet, a French missionary, he wrote about various "water and soil diseases" such as "water is extremely bad to drink" and premature illness caused by water. It was in 1909 that the control of the Japanese charity clinic was promulgated in such Korea. The modern medical system was introduced in earnest from the time of the Governor's Office of Korea, which was ruled by Japan. The Korean Clinic established by the Governor's Office eventually became a hospital attached to Keijo Imperial University (currently Seoul National University) and became a center of modern medicine and medical development on the Korean Peninsula. Since 1910, each port-opening city and border city have been implementing strict epidemics and quarantine, and have been working to prevent the invasion of epidemics. Outbreaks such as cholera, natural pox, and pesto were eradicated around 1918-1920, after which infant deaths almost disappeared. After that, local medical systems were established in various places such as Qingzhou and Jinzhou, and all efforts were made to train doctors and prevent epidemics. In addition, a "Saiseikai Hospital" was built in Korea with a gift of 1.5 million yen, and along with the abolition of the slavery system that had existed since the Li Dynasty, medical facilities were improved from each road to the municipalities. As human beings, the slaves, who were slaves, can now benefit from modern medical care. In the 30s, the establishment and widespread use of the modern medical system was able to completely stop the plague from mainland China. Starvation due to famine and the Chinese continent, which had caused a large number of deaths due to the plague, felt as if they were heaven and hell. In particular, Hansen's disease, which had been rampant from India and China to Korea, was thoroughly dealt with, and the "Okashima Rehabilitation Garden", which can accommodate more than 6,000 people, became world-famous. "36 years of the Japanese Emperor" contributed greatly to the conservation of life on the Korean Peninsula and the prosperity of the Korean people by improving hygiene, environment and water quality, and eradicating epidemics through none other than modern medicine.

[@MrLemania]

Professor Choe Ki-ho of Kaya University I was born in 1923. For the sake of South Korea and for Japan, I want to tell you the truth. Telling the truth could threaten my life in South Korea, but I feel it is my duty to do so. I lived in Seoul during the annexation period. I also spent some time in Tokyo. In those days, the Koreans were more proud of being Japanese than the Japanese themselves. At movie theaters in Korea, they showed the war news before the movies were played. For example, if they showed the image of Japan's victory in New Guinea, the Koreans shouted banzai and gave a round of applause. I loved movies, so I went to movie theaters in Japan as well, and the Japanese were calmer. Nowadays the Koreans who speak positively of the Japanese are criticized as "Chinilpa (pro-Japanese)" but in those days over 90% of Koreans were pro-Japanese. After the war, successive South Korean governments have brainwashed the youths with anti-Japanese education in order to incite hatred towards the Japanese. Koreans in the street of Seoul celebrating Japan's advance in China (1941) 90% of history education in South Korea is distorted. In South Korean classrooms, our teachers don't teach how corrupt the Joseon Dynasty was in the 19th century, and they make their students believe that the Koreans could have gained independence without Japan's help. By becoming part of Japan in 1910, education, healthcare, industry and infrastructure in Korea improved dramatically. The foundation of becoming a modern state was built during the annexation period. Yet we teach in our classrooms that Japan's annexation set back Korea's progress. Population and average life span of Koreans doubled under the Japanese The Joseon Dynasty ruined Korean industry, and the Korean thinkers who advocated reforms were brutally executed. The Koreans today shout "brutal Japanese!" "sex slaves!" but the Korean ruling class (Yangban) in the 19th century was far more brutal. The final years of the Joseon Dynasty were so hellish that they would only compare with the present day North Korea. ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　 "I received my education under the Japanese, and I wasn't discriminated at all" goo.gl/16ufMt Former South Korean Air Force Captain Choe Sam-yeon Colonies have existed since the 15th century. Modern history of mankind can be called the colonial age. We encounter former colonies wherever we go in the world. In Africa people are still in poverty long after the end of being colonized. Which former colonies have achieved economic success? South Korea and Taiwan. Both of them were former Japanese colonies. India was one of the British colonies, but the British didn't spend money on infrastructure, and the Indian economy didn't develop for a long time. It has finally started to grow, but its GDP per capita and literacy are still very low. Japan spent a lot of money on infrastructure both in South Korea and in Taiwan. This was very unique. Other colonizers squeezed natural resources from their colonies but didn't invest in them. Half of Japanese taxpayers' money was spent on colonial infrastructure so that the quality of life would be equivalent. During the Joseon period, the overwhelming majority of the Koreans could not attend schools. When the Japanese came in, they built many schools. So I was able to receive my education, and the quality of education was just as good in Korea as in Japan. The Koreans and the Taiwanese were able to attend military academy of Japan as well. Other colonizers didn't allow people from their colonies to attend military academy of the colonizers. In other words, the Japanese didn't discriminate in education either. In other colonies the discrimination was rightful. The Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan should not have been called colonization. It was annexation, similar to what England did with Scotland. The Koreans like me who experienced Japan's annexation reminisce it, but unfortunately the younger Koreans who received anti-Japanese brainwashing in schools despise it.

[@WINDOWS94198]

you should watch Imjin war from Samuel Hawley it's a great series I think it's the first invasion from Japan.

[@MrLemania]

Korea Many Koreans have accused Japan of receiving much terrible treatment to Korean people by an old Japanese government during the war. Of course there are few war experienced people. Many Koreans who have claimed have not had any experience of the Pacific War. In other words they have only learned war history of modern Korea which started the year of 1900. However, their complaints about war issues are related to Japan were wrong.　They claimed that Japan dominated Korean people during the war, and so on. However, these stories have no conclusive evidence. Are their criticisms true? If they want to get right information about the war history between Japan and Korea, they can get many facts from internet or books these days. Nevertheless, they have been maintaining and attacking Japan’s old acts in Korea since the World War II finished. This is very strange.In fact their stories are wrong for three reasons. I want to give you the three facts about history between Korea and Japan.First of all I would like to explain about the Japan-Korea Annexation. The Iljinhoe (一進会) was a nation-wide pro-Japan organization in Korea. The party thought that Korea could not develop capitalism on its own, and demanded a merger with the Japanese Empire.　Meanwhile, Japan needed to defend itself from Western countries such as Soviet, so the newly modernized Meiji government of Japan turned to Korea because various Western countries actively competed for influence, trade, goods, and territory in East Asia in the late 19th and early 20th century. On 22 August 1910, Japan effectively annexed Korea with the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty signed by Lee Wan-Yong, Prime Minister of Korea. However, Korean people said Japan occupied Korea forcedly.　Secondly, Korea has claimed that they suffered by old Japanese government, but Japan established the infrastructure actually. In fact Korea was a very poor country in the early of the 19th century; so many foreigners said Korea was entirely unsanitary. The Japanese government created transportation infrastructure and official buildings such as schools, hospitals and post offices, and so on. Koreans extended their lives span in deed. However, Koreans have not learned the fact in schools under the political reasons. Finally, I want to show you the data of participation of military and some facts after the war finished. Japan and Korea started only a volunteer military system in 1938. KoreaKorean military participation ★1939 Applicants 12,348 Accepted 613 ★1940 Applicants 84,443 Accepted 3,060 ★1941 Applicants 144,743 Accepted 3,208 ★1942 Applicants 254,273 Accepted 4,077 ★1943 Applicants 303,294 Accepted 6,300 洪思翊, Hong Sa Ik, he was Korean, who was Lieutenant General of Japanese Imperial Army. 朴春琴, Park Chun-geum was a member of House of Representatives in Tokyo. A seat in the House of Representatives was an elective post. He was elected twice from his district in Tokyo. Many Korean men joined the Japanese Imperial Army, and some Korean experts supported their countries because Korea was the same country as Japan, but they did not pay any postwar reparations to Asian countries. Not only this, Korea received Japan’s oversea assets which were in Korea and 8 hundred million dollars as war reparations from Japan in 1965. In conclusion, Koreans accusations are completely incorrect for these reasons. Therefore what they say is an absurd story.

[@manaharukaze1666]

In the following video, various graphs show how Japanese rule of Korea proceeded. You can also find out how Westerners on the Korean Peninsula at the time evaluated the situation. → Untold truth of Japanese annexation of Korea (KZbin)

[@Historyfolks]

"Even after all the Japanese domination, Koreans are still Koreans" is the truth that applies to all communities around the world no matter how large or powerful anybody is no one can erase a community.

[@sinoroman]

there is still some subtle Japanese influence in Korean culture/language today

[@hewas_chewasky]

Japan Didn't had enough time to assimilate koreans They only ruled korea for 35 years

[@MCorpReview]

Won’t stop Putin from trying

[@qwerty9714]

@@MCorpReview he's literally never tried to

[@iattacku2773]

except communities that were pretty much wiped out completely.

[@iamdisabled.9039]

Thank you Knowledgia!!

[@user-littledork]

As a Korean, I think this video is really good. Thank you for explaining this terrible and cruel war to the people of the world.

[@ProudTurkroach]

Japan should have never betrayed British and Americans in ww2 Had they collaborated Korea would have still been under Japanese rule

[@wewenttomcdonald]

​@@ProudTurkroachlol average indian

[@architheia9443]

​@@wewenttomcdonald it is shame to call turks an Inadian

[@wewenttomcdonald]

​@@architheia9443look at his name tho

[@ratilantgull602]

@@ProudTurkroach Lindu

[@kyuheelee5906]

What a video to watch, thank you! Now I can study my country's history in English more easily :)

[@chrise8993]

You from that north or south?

[@kyuheelee5906]

@@chrise8993 🇰🇷😮‍💨

[@user-jw4lc2lr1d]

@@chrise8993 If you do KZbin in North Korea, you'll be arrested

[@tonytonedeaf8981]

@@chrise8993 they have open internet access. Which one do you think??

[@D402S]

Oh so you are from chōsen. West Japan?

[@ThatRandomGuy0]

Do "Why didn't The Chinese Empire Industrialise?" (I mean Qing - I see you in the Comments!)

[@gantulgaganhuyag717]

Qing is not "Chinese Empire"

[@JackRabbit002]

@Maryo_Nicle7 That's not very nice! That was mostly down to my people again!! The British Empire history's most successful drug pusher!!

[@charlesjakesamadan4008]

Basically Eternal conflict, Plus the Qings were heavily Conservative and barely saw change unless its an real threat And the corruption on the country

[@kkkk25yearsago79]

Multiple reason 1.Opium 2.Multiple revolts like Taiping 3.Peasant society was bared from education 4.Bankers and businessman were Controled by Central govt heavily 5.Major civil war etc

[@aholiabtegar3036]

They had enough resources; no pressure to industrialise.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nicely explained.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

I alway wonder how the Ottoman Empire view on the rising Japan Empire. Sure they made diplomat contracts but after the Russo Japanese war what happen.

[@zosua36]

my great-great-grandfather took whole family and escaped from Korean penisula when Japan annexed in 1910. 35 years later, Independent finally came, My grandfather came back to home. 5 years later war broke out. he participate in a war 3 years. "Even after all the Japanese domination, Koreans are still Koreans" I appreciate that.

[@danedane8573]

Korea proceeded to annexation with Japan because their economy and the entire system was failing. Japan wanted the peninsula for military security reasons. It was a mutual agreement which was beneficial on both sides. It was the Koreans who murdered Ito Hirobumi who was against Korean annexation. After that, Japanese Military was free to annex Korea just one year later. Koreans loved it as The Chosun Dynasty and its aristocrats were an usurper regime and the worst corrupt despotism parasitic Vampires you could get. Koreans tried to get rid of them by siding with the invading Japanese during the Imjin wars 250 years ago. It faiiled due to CHinese intervention then. It succeeded 250 years later. It was Japan which first gave them rights as human beings for the first time in 500 years of slavery. The population of Koreans doubled during the 35 years of annexation. They supported the Japanese cause in various ways, including the world war. They gladly threw themselves against the Americans with the Kamikaze. There's a reason why the Yasukuni Shrine holds tens of thousands of Korean souls. In the end, it was Western Imperialism that made Japan break out of its 250 years of isolation and forced the Chines, Koreans, Japanese to all declared themselves as Empires and went on war with each other. It's not like today where everyone gets a seat at the UN with diplomatic rights. You either become an Empire or a Colony. Let's also not forget that once liberated from Japan, South Korea became a dictatorship. Totalitarian governments always want its people to hate and blame someone else. SOmeone outside of their group. The Korean elites experienced their peasants siding with the Japanese twice to throw them off. And the Korean peasants experienced China siding with the corrupt regime twice.

[@zosua36]

​@@danedane8573 Your comment was historically inaccurate and was insulting to all people in the world of 20th century. I have no idea where your thought came from. 'Imperialist' always say that annexation were came from indigenous efforts in colony, and they just accepted it, for mutual benefit. It’s totally bullshit. I know in history “some” people are willing to throw their freedom to get safety or to get rich. But, generally speaking, People don’t. people didn’t want being annexed, people don't want to being colonized, they don't want to be slave. Most cases, they choose freedom. If it was what Joseon people want, why they keep resist to be liberate? Why they kept their identity as Korean, resist to became Japanese. One day, My grandfather had a drink with his friend someday. They met in here when my grandfather came back to home. He told me that he was in army two times. One time in Japanese Imperial army in 1940s, and the other time in Korean army in 1950s. He sang for me some Japanese military songs. And he told me a story how he got caught by Japanese and how they brutally forced him to enlist army. He was lucky one though. Because He survived. Others didn’t. When Japan was defeated, They killed conscripted Korean soldiers to conceal their story. If anyone have a thought that “Koreans want to that too”, then I can tell you about him. Congratulation. He still hates Japanese. He still mad at every single moment while in Japanese occupation.

[@danedane8573]

​@@zosua36 Brutally forced him to enlist army... Isn't that the Korean enslavement army camp that you still keep until the 21st century? The only one in the world. They lock you up all day and night for months. THe Dormitories are all cramped in and horrible. They don't even pay you minimum wage. Awesome. Right after the Japanes leave, It's back to the CHosun! Your true cultural nature that was 'oppressed.' It is in The CHosun dynasty's own records. During the records of the Imjin war period, they go on about how half the Japanese army is consisted of Korean peasants all throughout the war. During the siege of Pyeongyang, the Chinese general had to slay so many Koreans who fought back together with the samurai to defend their homeland against the Ming Chosun coalition. It wasn't like that during the former dynasties of the Peninsula. Silla has a bunch of histories of dominating the sea and sacking Kyushu. Goryeo was overwhelmed by the Japanese raiders from the sea and fought hard to drive them off. Finally they could win by developing gunpowder cannons themselves and putting them on ships for the first time in Asia. There's a reason why your own people refuse to fight, runaway and join the enemy instead. Nationalism does not justify parasitism. At the Battle of Yongin 80000 Koreans were crushed by 1500 Japanese troops. How does that make sense? Brainwashing can drag all the Koreans to battlefield but it can't make them fight. Just as very few would fight for South Korea today. Korean slave army is gonna get slaughtered again. Which is why I know that your 'Japanese army forced conscription' is bullshit. YOu don't know a thing about warfare. You can drag people to the battlefield but you cannot make them fight. They'll just refuse to fight, runaway and join the enemy instead. If you are a proper freedom seeking human being.

[@zosua36]

@@danedane8573 Very interesting. You think You cannot argue rather you insult the Korean people. How nice. I'm sure you don't understand History at all. "you cannot make them fight"?. In fact, conscript people in force and made them to fight for their enemy are astonishingly common thing in human history, including Europe, China, India, East Asia and the Middle East. The only difference is that Japan is not an ancient country, as a modern nation behaves uncivilized way like an ancient country. I always thought one thing was very strange. Japanese are proud that their country is very developed country. At the same time, they used to defend their barbaric behavior with ancient one. In their history, They made a stealthy attack but did not declare war in any single time, against China, Russia and the United States, they never did. In fact, they never act like a civilized country in any war in their 19-20th century. They slaughtered Chinese, Koreans, and other people every place they invade, and even Americans and British prisoners. Sometimes they killed their prisoners and ate their meat just for fun! What a modernized country. Right?. Everyone who knows history, they all hate Japan. Because of that Japanese government deliberately wish to forget about history, and make other people learn their brutal history, and covers up and fabricates history waht they still denied. I strongly recommend you learn more history, not just Japanese but also the other countries’. after that read Japanese history book again. I’m sure you can find a lot of delightful things.

[@danedane8573]

​@@zosua36 Yes it was very common at the Chinese civiliazation that includes Korea. The An Lushan Rebellion of the very prosperous Tang dynasty, they got slaughted even though they overwhelmed the enemy in numbers. China has a whole bunch of history being slaughtered by the nomads. All of these have a lot to do with their slave army that lacks the will to fight. Unlike the Europeans that conquer, develop land and civilize these hunter gatherer tribes to Eastern Europe. Or the Japanese to the north the Ainu. If Koreans had a proper civiliazation, they would have conquered and developed Manchuria. And yet they were slaughtered. In fact, Koreans joined these nomads to side with them instead at war. More precisely the Chosuns. THe Goryeos always tried to push forward northwards. In the end, it was the Japanes empire that developed Manchuria. Which brought prosperity in the region that the CCP leeches off today. You people just can't do anything yourselves these days because of all your bullshit.

[@kristiawanindriyanto5765]

During this period, the Korean Independence Movement were very active in Hawai'i, USA, mainly immigrants and political exiles from Japanese occupied Korea

[@이동연-c6d]

And Republicof China and Manchuria as well.

[@edwinhuang9244]

Love that honest ad reference.

[@hayek218]

No, this is such crap. Korea begged Japan to annex and modernize it which Japan did and even paid for it. But Korea changed its mind after the War and started fabricating its history as it is so ashamed of the fact that Korea was a dependency of Chinese dynasties for almost a thousand years since the Yuan Dynasty (which they hide from its nations); it was Japan that gave Korea independence in Shimonoseki Treaty; Koreans failed to modernize the country and begged Japan to annex and modernize. There was no war; it was a signed deal; it was an internationally accepted one. Every single year of annexation, it was a net cash outflow for Japan, and by far. It was such a huge burden to modernize another country. The following is what the US President Hoover who visited Korea before and after the annexation said: When I visited Korea in 1909, to advise some Japanese industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under-housed, and under-equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained. During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with this most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people’s food suppliers to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and development skills. Even dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replaced with clean bright colors.

[@bostonking7221]

Syngman Rhee

[@danedane8573]

Korea proceeded to annexation with Japan because their economy and the entire system was failing. Japan wanted the peninsula for military security reasons. It was a mutual agreement which was beneficial on both sides. It was the Koreans who murdered Ito Hirobumi who was against Korean annexation. After that, Japanese Military was free to annex Korea just one year later. Koreans loved it as The Chosun Dynasty and its aristocrats were an usurper regime and the worst corrupt despotism parasitic Vampires you could get. Koreans tried to get rid of them by siding with the invading Japanese during the Imjin wars 250 years ago. It faiiled due to CHinese intervention then. It succeeded 250 years later. It was Japan which first gave them rights as human beings for the first time in 500 years of slavery. The population of Koreans doubled during the 35 years of annexation. They supported the Japanese cause in various ways, including the world war. They gladly threw themselves against the Americans with the Kamikaze. There's a reason why the Yasukuni Shrine holds tens of thousands of Korean souls. In the end, it was Western Imperialism that made Japan break out of its 250 years of isolation and forced the Chines, Koreans, Japanese to all declare themselves as Empires and went on war with each other. It's not like today where everyone gets a seat at the UN with diplomatic rights. You either become an Empire or a Colony. Let's also not forget that once liberated from Japan, South Korea became a dictatorship. Totalitarian governments always want its people to hate and blame someone else. SOmeone outside of their group. The Korean elites experienced their peasants siding with the Japanese twice to throw them off. And the Korean peasants experienced China siding with the corrupt regime twice.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@pazpaz3059]

This problem can be understood by reading the book of the English woman Isabella Bird . She was a traveler and traveled to Japan and the Korean Peninsula in the 1890s . You can see the situation of Japan and the Korean Peninsula at that time and their thinking circuits . It is still the same today .

[@JK-pf3tj]

Highly recommended this book

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

I blame confucianism

[@UniteFoundation1]

Thank you for sharing

[@NelsonMandela961]

What’s the name of the book ?

[@BayStateObserver]

@@NelsonMandela961 - - According to the Wikipedia article on Isabella Bird, the book is "Korea and Her Neighbors", written in 1898.

[@lifeisasimulatedillusion]

After all that, the Korean culture and language could not be extinguished and now is a global phenomenon.

[@garrettnoid8681]

Mr sunshine is a great historical drama set at the heart of this conflict

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

Yeah and i like it set of conflict. Also it also show that the Korean society the time is still clinging to their old feudal way. Even at the first episode still calling outsider as barbarian. Really the more i see it the more i see how the Korean fail to mordenized themselves and being easy prey to Japanese aggression.

[@Samperor]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 It happens when a country gets too comfortable.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@Samperor And that why i recommend that USA fleet at the time when try to open up the Korea should have take the fleet, sail up to Seoul and threatening to shell it. Old school gunboat diplomacy never fail. Also it better they will be in the hand of the American first than Japan or other Western power. Because the American want more trade privileges only. That alone is a more or less acceptable term for mordenization and preserved your country independence.

[@Samperor]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 Yeah, but Korea was stubborn because of the many invasions they received. They did not trust anyone.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@Samperor That is another reason why they fail to mordenized themselves even when their got their Independence from the Qing. It elites just wanted to side with more powerful nations. Some for Japanese some for the Russian few who only care to make Korean powerful enough to stand against both.

[@theawesomeman9821]

A friend of mine is married to a Korean woman and has a funny story. Once, he was introducing his wife to some friends for the first time at a Japanese restaurant. None of his friends knew before hand that she was Korean, just that she's "Asian" from her husband. Being where they were, they deducted like most people would that she was Japanese. So, in their attempt in being polite and friendly, they brought up how fascinating Japanese culture is. My friends wife played along until they brought up cultural comparisons between Koreans and Japanese. His friends felt so embarressed right after the wife revelead herself.

[@kauchkauch2272]

What did they talk about cultural comparisons between Koreans and Japanese?

[@theawesomeman9821]

His friends were talking about how Japanese food, work ethic, and dress was more impressive than the Korean versions. Though I'm sure they would have said the opposite from get-go if they knew she was Korean.

[@kauchkauch2272]

@@theawesomeman9821 yeah thats Why I ask and I don’t trust foreigners in Korea.

[@RS-ow2jb]

Koreans often pretend to be Japanese in foreign countries and on the Internet.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@Don Kita In the wife's case. She was just toying with her husbands guests

[@TetsuShima]

Really feel bad for the korean people. They went from being controlled for centuries by opressive and tyrannical empires to being divided in two completely different nations. I just hope the two Koreas will be unified as a sole nation some day 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷

[@republicofkoreaball4349]

Ever since Goguryeo, Korea has been controlled by outside forces.

[@TetsuShima]

@brandonclmo A man of culture, as I can see...

[@sinoroman]

Korea wasn’t controlled that much before Japan

[@TetsuShima]

@@sinoroman My point here is that it has been a long time since Korea stopped being an indepented and unified nation

[@Evan-qn2cj]

Its “unified as a Seoul country”

[@StephanthePelted]

How do annexations happen during pre modern era? (Antiquity, medieval, etc) Do armies just march in town and replace the ousted garrison?

[@426mak]

You defeat the opposition army and have their ruling class/bureaucracy submit to you.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

You change their name and or religion so they become more and more like the invading culture

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@426mak Or you can just use drug and old fashion gunboat diplomacy.That how British got Hong Kong from China. And many other colony to it Empire. To the British gunboat diplomacy is their best option if they want to take land.

[@426mak]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 The original post says pre-modern (medieva/ancient)l

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@426mak oh my mistake but yeah you said it very simple take the out the army , go in the capital make them submit to you.

[@blue_towel]

I'm so surprised how accurate it is! Thank you for the video! 감사합니다!

[@juniortrump2887]

It's not at all. Japan accepted their wish because Korea itself couldn't do anything to stop the invasion of Russia. And if Russia gets the peninsula, the next victim will be Japan.

[@wewenttomcdonald]

Where are you from ? At what level of stupidness are you ?

[@鈴木信久-x4s]

한국 정부가 날조한 가짜 역사

[@oliverfranke7650]

@@juniortrump2887 You mean the weak and absolutely beaten Russia? Uh-hu, makes sense...not.

[@MrLemania]

South Korea calls itself a democratic nation, but it hates and seeks to destroy Japan, which is also a democratic nation. It is a communist nation masquerading as a democratic nation, spreading false and fabricated history to destroy the democratic camp. In other words, it is a Koryo state that was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty and a spokesperson for communist China and North Korea.

[@celisachoo7900]

I have forgotten a lot of Korean history but as young growing up I don’t recalled much talk about annexations by Japanese so I discovered after I was older in America.

[@TimeMinsu]

Invaders always say their stories are the answer. Japanese militarism was very cruel. If Japan was really kind, economically helpful, and happy, would Koreans really want independence?

[@f430ferrari5]

Explain Taiwan

[@yurtnara3767]

Whether kind or unkind, it would be unacceptable for a nation that has been in existence for thousands of years to be annexed to a nation founded by a completely different nation, rather than a merger between the same ethnic group.

[@drk9788]

In 1945, Japan became a colony of the United States.

[@NotReal20245]

@@drk9788US is an “angel”compared to their history

[@JhanSnow]

Please do a cover of Philippine-American war and how they got control of the Philippines. Excellent video anyway!

[@Chloe-bn8so]

He already did

[@SirToaster9330]

Wait, there was a war? I always assumed America came there and then left after they realized no one wanted them

[@星あかり-k2p]

Sohn Kee-chung participated in the Berlin Games as a Japanese national marathon player in 1936 under Japanese rule and won the championship.

[@jungbrain5989]

Since its history, Japan has been handed down civilization from various dynasties in Korea and China, and during the period when Ming and Joseon pursued a policy of isolation Through the Imjin War, you will learn Joseon's civilization (porcelain, food, Neo-Confucianism, metallurgy) and develop civilization into the Middle Ages Modernization was achieved through the Meiji Restoration, and it grew into an unrivaled being in China-centered Asia

[@jeonyounggun104]

At that time, the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 and the 7th Treaty of the United States, and the memorandum of understanding in which the police, judicial, and police powers were taken away were invalidated without the signature of the Joseon emperor.

[@Idahoguy10157]

During my military service I spent times in Asia. Starting in the 1970’s. Last occasion in 1984. No matter where I was there was a local suspicion and even hatred of Japan. Particularly in Korea.

[@juniortrump2887]

Unfortunately for Koreans, their suspicion and hatred of Japan is a result of false information like this vedio and their education based on lies.

[@tombrown8443]

U know why? Because they killed millions of people, killed our Queen, destroyed all koreans decade of history books, stole all artifacts, used women for army sex slaves, took millions of people from homes to work on Japanese mining sites, etc. You wonder why Koreans despise Japanese? Because despite all live encouters, facts. Japan still denys of all wrong doing unlike Germany who has admitted.

[@Idahoguy10157]

@@tombrown8443 …. Wasn’t just Korea. Korea was first. Then Russians, Chinese, Vietnamese, Phillipinoes…. There’s a long line

[@juniortrump2887]

Hey, Chinese, don't tell LIES. Who killed millions of people ha? Everybody knows you Chinese killed TENS OF MILLIONS of people in the 20th century ALONE. Contrary to your lies, the number of Koreans doubled during our rule, thanks to our efforts lol.

[@fernr9496]

No shit, dude. Do you even know what Japan did to just about every country in Asia?

[@bsit9439]

Although you can’t deny that japan heavily industrialized Korean peninsula and it’s relatively more peaceful than British, german or Spanish rule over their colonies. Not until WW2 happened.

[@bsit9439]

@@marathonman-sm3jw they built industrial infrastructure they have introduced Korea to modern technology. the old Korea before 1910 is an oriental structure focusing on minimal trade. lands are all owned by the state and they can control who owns land no proper currency and the worst is the social structure where there’s the yang-ban elites who monopolized all government positions, management of salves and wealth the economy is limited to Korea and a very little technological advancement if you were born as a salve then all the generations after you will be living as slaves where you are treated equal with cows that they can sell or trade. Until japan abolished all this and established banking, trades, manufacturing, land reforms and other structures.They introduced Korea into a modern world although yes they had done this to gain more grip and use Korea but you can’t deny the fact that japan has heavily modernized Korea for example they built nationwide roads, power plants, rail roads, ports, coal mines, iron mines etc.

[@marathonman-sm3jw]

@@bsit9439 The Japanese imperialist government organization had the Ministry of Industry in Japan to manage industrial development only in Japan, but the Japanese 무annexed goverment had only the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, but no organization related industries. Do you know why? It was because Korea had no industries at all and Japanese had no interest to neither introduce nor develop Korea. You gotta name where Japan built industrial infrastructure in Korea? The land in Korea was privately owned and some of land owned by Chosun king's family. There are countless land transaction contracts between civilians. Show me your evidence. Currencies like "sangpyuntongbo" were in active circulation. You can buy many coins from the the era at coin exchange sotres easily now. What is your evidence? In 1894, the system of slavery was officially abolished by the Korean Empire, not Japan. Why do you distort history? Do your research more. Do not spread your personal novel here.

[@JetAgeOfJR]

Japan during ww2: 🤫🤫🤫

[@anonimosu7425]

When the pissed off young officers gained more administrative power, it was tojover

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Thanks for explaining it to us. 🙏

[@V0lkanic]

Amazing vid, as always!

[@タロイモ-g3y]

"Japanese annexation of Korea" "South Korea was built by the Japanese" recorded by Taiwanese historian and philosopher Kō Bun'yū Huang Fumio (83 years old) The happiest 20th century Korean people in the world due to Japan's overprotection The essence of what is called "Korean merger" was not the Korean colonization of Japan, but the merger of Japan and South Korea. Postwar Koreans often emphasized the Japanese emperor's colonial plunder, and Japanese tend to think that Korea had a harsher rule than Taiwan, but the opposite is true. In Korea, land tax is cheaper than in Taiwan, rice production is also supported by a negative spread system, the management of underground resources is supported by the subsidy from the central government, and the annual expenditure is supported by the central compensation of 15 to 20% on average. Capital investment was also larger in Korea than in Taiwan. As a result, it transformed into a beautiful modern city, such as Seoul, which was said to be the dirtiest city in the world full of manure until the beginning of the 20th century, and the population of the peninsula doubled. In an ordinary modern nation, it is the duty and common sense of the people to cover the defense costs, but it was a privileged special treatment that even one yen was not collected from Koreans. In human history in the 20th century, no one has been overprotected and lived as happily as the Koreans at that time. The damage caused by famine, plague, war, and revolution is very small, except for the Korean war between our own people. In this way, South Korea is a nation that has grown while relying on Japan. The success of postwar nation-building and the achievement of OECD accession are due to the reliance on the transfer of capital and technology between Japan and the United States. The financial crisis of 1997, which is said to be the "second national humiliation," has managed to maintain its international status by being under the control of the IMF. It has been a custom of this country since the modern era that this application is totally dependent on Japan. However, Koreans never want to admit this because of their national pride. Therefore, even if the troops and recruitments were made during the Japanese era, they all want to claim that they were "forced entrainment" against their will. From the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, South Korea was the most unsanitary living environment in the world, with manure flooding the city in every region, from rural areas to the city of Seoul. Today's Korean generation is always proud of Korea's Sanshi Suimei, and Koreans boast that it is a country with clean water, which is rare in the world where you can drink raw water wherever you go. However, foreigners who saw Korea before the Japanese Emperor era are nakedly recording the actual situation at that time. For example, in "Korean Circumstances" by Father Claude Charles Dallet, a French missionary, he wrote about various "water and soil diseases" such as "water is extremely bad to drink" and premature illness caused by water. It was in 1909 that the control of the Japanese charity clinic was promulgated in such Korea. The modern medical system was introduced in earnest from the time of the Governor's Office of Korea, which was ruled by Japan. The Korean Clinic established by the Governor's Office eventually became a hospital attached to Keijo Imperial University (currently Seoul National University) and became a center of modern medicine and medical development on the Korean Peninsula. Since 1910, each port-opening city and border city have been implementing strict epidemics and quarantine, and have been working to prevent the invasion of epidemics. Outbreaks such as cholera, natural pox, and pesto were eradicated around 1918-1920, after which infant deaths almost disappeared. After that, local medical systems were established in various places such as Qingzhou and Jinzhou, and all efforts were made to train doctors and prevent epidemics. In addition, a "Saiseikai Hospital" was built in Korea with a gift of 1.5 million yen, and along with the abolition of the slavery system that had existed since the Li Dynasty, medical facilities were improved from each road to the municipalities. As human beings, the slaves, who were slaves, can now benefit from modern medical care. In the 30s, the establishment and widespread use of the modern medical system was able to completely stop the plague from mainland China. Starvation due to famine and the Chinese continent, which had caused a large number of deaths due to the plague, felt as if they were heaven and hell. In particular, Hansen's disease, which had been rampant from India and China to Korea, was thoroughly dealt with, and the "Okashima Rehabilitation Garden", which can accommodate more than 6,000 people, became world-famous. "36 years of the Japanese Emperor" contributed greatly to the conservation of life on the Korean Peninsula and the prosperity of the Korean people by improving hygiene, environment and water quality, and eradicating epidemics through none other than modern medicine.

[@Dohan06]

@@タロイモ-g3y そうして得た利益がもっと多いからインフラ建設をしたんじゃないかな？

[@bladimirsamchova3568]

日本が朝鮮に投資してどれだけ収奪していったかは、当時の日本の統計によく現れているはずです。 日本人は朝鮮の金属食器まで略奪して行き、人の命までも奪奪し、さらに人を実験室のネズミのように使った。

[@legeno.]

I enjoyed the video. Thank you. 👍

[@codyshi4743]

So that's how Korea become a part of the Japanese empire because their hopeless monarch had slowly signed away Korea's sovereignty. Seeing how Korea is being annexed reminds me greatly of China's century of Humiliation, but worse under one imperialist power. I really hope one day Korea will be united again, as one united Independent Korea. Stay strong Korea!

[@pazpaz3059]

It is impossible , because their ethnicity does not change .

[@codyshi4743]

@@pazpaz3059 but in the end of the day, they both Korean, both people of the same race. Just different ideology. We shouldn’t let the difference in ideology divid us from our siblings.

[@nam98]

@@codyshi4743 Yes The people who have supported Kim Jong Un to abuse themselves for his greed are the same ones to the people in South. Unironically.. I'm not even joking, it's their nature.

[@srgjes26]

고맙다 친구..통일은 우리도 바라지만 북한 지도자는 제정신이 아니다

[@user-jw4lc2lr1d]

@@srgjes26 북한 골치덩어리…

[@jeon.j4911]

India and Korea have quite similar pattern of their annexation and struggle for independence (+post independence partition too)

[@Samperor]

@@debarghya5659 Thats true!!

[@baldwiniv2858]

British never forced religion on Indians they wanted to do business The Mughals were the one who wnated to change Indians culture, religion but failed

[@davidrogers9797]

But korea, taiwan and even china after sino soviet split developed rapidly because of American influence and capitalism while india took Soviet side and embraced socialism and you can see the effect of them till 1991

[@fullmetaltheorist]

@@davidrogers9797 India is the fastest growing economy now. Their future is coming.

[@davidrogers9797]

@@fullmetaltheorist i guess youre blind i have mentioned till 1991

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@hayek218]

No, this is such crap. Korea begged Japan to annex and modernize it which Japan did and even paid for it. But Korea changed its mind after the War and started fabricating its history as it is so ashamed of the fact that Korea was a dependency of Chinese dynasties for almost a thousand years since the Yuan Dynasty (which they hide from its nations); it was Japan that gave Korea independence in Shimonoseki Treaty; Koreans failed to modernize the country and begged Japan to annex and modernize. There was no war; it was a signed deal; it was an internationally accepted one. Every single year of annexation, it was a net cash outflow for Japan, and by far. It was such a huge burden to modernize another country. The following is what the US President Hoover who visited Korea before and after the annexation said: When I visited Korea in 1909, to advise some Japanese industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under-housed, and under-equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained. During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with this most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people’s food suppliers to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and development skills. Even dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replaced with clean bright colors.

[@jezdelion7729]

Just imagine if there was a unified Korea now? Absolute powerhouse!

[@pazpaz3059]

Since half of Korean Peninsula was Communist Party dictatorship , Japan and the United States provide technical assistance . South Korea has no technology and capital.

[@Kimjongun999]

The nuclear bomb theory itself was already created 70 years ago, so it can be researched and manufactured in countries with a certain level of scientific and engineering level and economic capabilities. In the case of Korea, it is widely believed that it will be possible to produce nuclear weapons within two to three months if it does not do so. Since North Korea has been able to build facilities that can detonate nuclear weapons, it is safe to say that there is no country that cannot make nuclear bombs for economic reasons. Apart from theory, the basic structure itself is simple, so in the 80s, a physics undergraduate at Princeton University submitted a method to make an atomic bomb with term paper

[@my_other_side473]

Not really

[@torpidjourneymaker3692]

@@my_other_side473 Go search it up, it's common talk about how much greater they have the potential to be, but at the cost of huge subsidies

[@my_other_side473]

@@torpidjourneymaker3692 Lol No

[@anthem1982]

In a nutshell, the US taught how to do a cannonball deplomacy. The US simply thought that they could colonize Japan by the method, However, Japan learned how to invade its neighbors through the US's techniques. It's a big irony and one of the factors of triggering WW2💀

[@ajx2956]

Nice work

[@MrLemania]

Professor Choe Ki-ho of Kaya University I was born in 1923. For the sake of South Korea and for Japan, I want to tell you the truth. Telling the truth could threaten my life in South Korea, but I feel it is my duty to do so. I lived in Seoul during the annexation period. I also spent some time in Tokyo. In those days, the Koreans were more proud of being Japanese than the Japanese themselves. At movie theaters in Korea, they showed the war news before the movies were played. For example, if they showed the image of Japan's victory in New Guinea, the Koreans shouted banzai and gave a round of applause. I loved movies, so I went to movie theaters in Japan as well, and the Japanese were calmer. Nowadays the Koreans who speak positively of the Japanese are criticized as "Chinilpa (pro-Japanese)" but in those days over 90% of Koreans were pro-Japanese. After the war, successive South Korean governments have brainwashed the youths with anti-Japanese education in order to incite hatred towards the Japanese. Koreans in the street of Seoul celebrating Japan's advance in China (1941) 90% of history education in South Korea is distorted. In South Korean classrooms, our teachers don't teach how corrupt the Joseon Dynasty was in the 19th century, and they make their students believe that the Koreans could have gained independence without Japan's help. By becoming part of Japan in 1910, education, healthcare, industry and infrastructure in Korea improved dramatically. The foundation of becoming a modern state was built during the annexation period. Yet we teach in our classrooms that Japan's annexation set back Korea's progress. Population and average life span of Koreans doubled under the Japanese The Joseon Dynasty ruined Korean industry, and the Korean thinkers who advocated reforms were brutally executed. The Koreans today shout "brutal Japanese!" "sex slaves!" but the Korean ruling class (Yangban) in the 19th century was far more brutal. The final years of the Joseon Dynasty were so hellish that they would only compare with the present day North Korea. ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　 "I received my education under the Japanese, and I wasn't discriminated at all" goo.gl/16ufMt Former South Korean Air Force Captain Choe Sam-yeon Colonies have existed since the 15th century. Modern history of mankind can be called the colonial age. We encounter former colonies wherever we go in the world. In Africa people are still in poverty long after the end of being colonized. Which former colonies have achieved economic success? South Korea and Taiwan. Both of them were former Japanese colonies. India was one of the British colonies, but the British didn't spend money on infrastructure, and the Indian economy didn't develop for a long time. It has finally started to grow, but its GDP per capita and literacy are still very low. Japan spent a lot of money on infrastructure both in South Korea and in Taiwan. This was very unique. Other colonizers squeezed natural resources from their colonies but didn't invest in them. Half of Japanese taxpayers' money was spent on colonial infrastructure so that the quality of life would be equivalent. During the Joseon period, the overwhelming majority of the Koreans could not attend schools. When the Japanese came in, they built many schools. So I was able to receive my education, and the quality of education was just as good in Korea as in Japan. The Koreans and the Taiwanese were able to attend military academy of Japan as well. Other colonizers didn't allow people from their colonies to attend military academy of the colonizers. In other words, the Japanese didn't discriminate in education either. In other colonies the discrimination was rightful. The Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan should not have been called colonization. It was annexation, similar to what England did with Scotland. The Koreans like me who experienced Japan's annexation reminisce it, but unfortunately the younger Koreans who received anti-Japanese brainwashing in schools despise it.

[@HeliosSoI]

​@@MrLemania wha.. I did not expect to read this at all.

[@MrLemania]

@@HeliosSoI The crimes of the Imperial Japanese Army, as claimed by South Koreans, is simply a self-referral to hide the fact that South Korea and North Korea were defeated countries and shift the crimes committed by Koreans in the Korean War and Vietnam War to Japan, the defeated country. Its purpose is false historical propaganda to overthrow the South into an anti-democratic and communist country and to unify North and South Korea.

[@Ima184mm]

As a South Korean we have still political and historical problems with Japan. But I hope two peoples will have more interaction between friendship

[@catto-m]

As a Korean, I hope we do NOT. May hellfire rain down on the islands of Japan and its inhabitants

[@supercal3944]

You guys are all Chinese

[@juliotancredi7468]

It's because at that time, US sold Korea to Japan to acquire Philippines.

[@chanlee6602]

There was an important event that was not described in this video. Many may wonder why there was no active military resistance from the Korean Empire government. because, at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, small number of Japanese troops secretly infiltrated Seoul and staged a surprise coup and captured the emperor. Therefore, the Korean army was unable to fight back. After that, the emperors had to be locked up in the palace. History would have been different if Japan's coup had failed. Of course, after Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, there was a decade of strong resistance from militias across the country. thank you for this video

[@hideotaziri7659]

this is also a lie The emperor fled to the Russian embassy. Besides, the Korean Empire had a Korean government. The Korean people hated the rule of the ruling class during the Joseon Dynasty. The 3.1 movement was also made by people of this ruling class, along with Christian missionaries, to intimidate the people. The threatening letters are still there. This is the historical fact. That's why only the agitator was punished after the riot. Except for the vicious people who have committed murder... In South Korea, such records are properly preserved, but the government hides the history and teaches it to the world.

[@seung-jeyang3746]

@@hideotaziri7659 In 1895, you Japanese killed the queen of Joseon and took control of the Joseon government. So in 1896, the king of Joseon escaped to the Russian legation. In addition, the March 1st Movement was a movement with 33 national representatives, including Christianity and other religions, and 2 million Koreans. A movement involving the ruling class? Don't be ridiculous, you're lying.

[@hideotaziri7659]

Allen Ireland, British colonialist and Pulitzer's secretary. Ireland, who has published detailed reports on colonies in Africa and Asia, published "THE NEW KOREA" at the end of his life. Maybe you should look for this and read it? I think there is an English version...

[@danikangarooni]

@@hideotaziri7659 When you watch japanese right-wing tv shows with conspiracy theories smh. Literally reading sources out of context despite the overwhelming global consensus on the events. You should go look up "Why Holocaust is a scam" or something; I think you would really enjoy it.

[@hideotaziri7659]

@@danikangarooni kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmHGeZ2pftOcfsk If you don't understand Japanese or Korean, you won't understand, but this is the truth of the 3.1 movement. Recent videos of this person have English translations, so it's good to see them. I can understand a little what kind of country South Korea is. There are other videos of various people Please have someone who understands Japanese or Korean translate it. I'm not arguing that without proof... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIPNc3yGnZpnprs kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbTlJZulK2ijMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbTlJZulK2ijMU www.youtube.com/@narutamejapan/videos www.youtube.com/@japankoreahistory www.youtube.com/@WWUK_TV/videos ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E3%83%BB%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95#:~:text=%E4%B8%89%E3%83%BB%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%EF%BC%88%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E3%83%BB,%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E7%8B%AC%E7%AB%8B%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%E3%80%82 Holocaust? "What about the Nanjing Massacre?" Can you understand Japanese? ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6

[@hoanglongnguyeno3173]

it's so strange seeing Japan not in the shade of light pink...

[@amandaamazing1447]

Nice video,i like it

[@sepoomna]

Since Korea considered Japan as a culturally inferior being, it was humiliated that Japan was deprived of national sovereignty due to the inferiority of force, and the idea remains unchanged.

[@NiceBoaT_98]

한중일 모두가 서로를 깔보는 게 있죠

[@MrSpiritmonger]

@@NiceBoaT_98 why Korea look down, Korea is divided, occupied by foreign troops, and weakest of the three nations.

[@aomsiql6727]

@@MrSpiritmonger The reason is that the country of Japan was established by Koreans when they crossed into the Japanese archipelago in AD 200, and the country of China was ruled by the Qing Dynasty founded by the Jurchen people, descendants of Koreans

[@MrSpiritmonger]

@@aomsiql6727 Jurchens are different from Koreans. Japanese and Koreans come from China.

[@aomsiql6727]

@@MrSpiritmonger The O1b2 gene occurred on the Korean Peninsula 30,000 years ago and it is unique to Koreans. At that time, people in the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, and Primorsky Krai were all Korean genetically.

[@ykokog1813]

The annexation of Japan and Korea did not occur nonviolently. From 1907 to 1910, the disbanded army and militia joined forces to try to retake Seoul, and Japan mobilized its army to burn down Korean villages to suppress the militia. You can learn about the situation at the time through Frederick A. Mackenzie's - Tragedy of Korea.

[@micahistory]

it's interesting that I was just studying this last night

[@nigelh3253]

A good video, which has greatly increased my knowledge of Korea. So really as a result of WW2, Korea got its freedom back - albeit at the expense of being divided into a north and south. Certainly, live in North Korea is not very good at present, much to do with the vast amount of money spent on missiles. Why?

[@MrLemania]

"The New Korea" by Professor Alleyne Ireland The state of 19th century Korea (Joseon Dynasty 조선왕조 李氏朝鮮) was very similar to that of present day North Korea. The majority of the population were starving and were enslaved by the royal court and bureaucrats called Yangban (양반 両班) who were supported by Qing Dynasty China. (Just like Kim Jong-un and his henchmen rule North Korea with aid from China today) When Japan defeated China in Sino-Japanese war (1894-95), the court and bureaucrats lost their backing. Soon Korea fell into total chaos. To avoid the Russian invasion, Korea chose to become part of Japan in 1910. This move was welcomed by the majority of the Koreans (former slaves who enjoyed freedom and better lives under new administration) but was resented by Yangban who lost their privilege to enslave people. (Yangban would soon launch an independence movement) Professor Alleyne Ireland of University of Chicago was the leading expert on colonial administration in Asia. He gained deep knowledge of Japan's annexation of Korea from his visit there in 1922. The following are excerpts from his book "The New Korea" published in 1926. ----- My opinion of Japanese administration in Korea has been derived from the consideration of what I saw in the country, what I have read about it in official and in unofficial publications, and from discussions with persons (Japanese, Korean and foreign) who were living in the Peninsula at the time of my visit. It is true that at the time Japan annexed Korea in 1910, the actual conditions of life in the Peninsula were extremely bad. This was not due to any lack of inherent intelligence and ability in the Korean race, but to the stupidity and corruption which had characterized the government of the Korean dynasty, and to the existence of a royal court which maintained a system of licensed cruelty and corruption throughout Korea. Such was the misrule under which the Koreans had suffered for generation after generation that all incentive to industry and social progress had been destroyed because none of the common people had been allowed to enjoy the fruits of their own efforts. From 1910 to 1919 Japanese rule in Korea, though it accomplished much good for the people, bore the stamp of a military stiffness which aroused a great deal of resentment. The New Korea of which I write is the Korea which has developed under the wise and sympathetic guidance of Governor-General Saito. At the time of my own visit to Korea in 1922, the Governor-General had nearly completed three years of his tenure in the office. The following is the list of measures Governor-General Saito introduced upon his arrival in 1919. 1. Non-discrimination between Japanese and Korean officials. 2. Simplification of laws and regulations. 3. Prompt transaction of state business. 4. Decentralization policy. 5. Improvement in local organization. 6. Respect for native culture and customs. 7. Freedom of speech, meeting and press. 8. Spread of education and development of industry. 9. Re-organization of the police system. 10. Enlargement of medical and sanitary agencies. 11. Guidance of the people. 12. Advancement of men of talent. 13. Friendly feeling between Japanese and Koreans. The general consensus of opinion in Korea in 1922 was that Governor-General Saito had been animated by a sincere desire to rule Korea through a just and tolerant administration, that he had accomplished notable reforms, that in the matter of education he had ministered very generously to the cultural ambitions of the people, and that in regard to their political ambitions he had shown himself eager to foster local self-government and to infuse a spirit of friendliness and cooperation into the personal relations of the Japanese and Koreans. Discussing Korean affairs with a good many people (Korean, Japanese and foreign) I found almost unanimous agreement on two points: one, that native sentiment had shown a continuing tendency to become less anti-Japanese in recent years; the other, that the remarkable increase in the country's prosperity had been accompanied by a striking improvement in the living conditions of the Korean people at large. Writing now, four years after the date of my visit, and having in mind the most recent accounts of the state of Korea, I can express my conviction that there has occurred a steady and accelerating improvement in the general conditions of the country, in the administrative organization and personnel, and in the temper of the intercourse between the Koreans and the Japanese ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇ Professor Atul Kohli of Princeton University confirmed Alleyne Ireland's conviction with the following data in his 2004 book "State-Directed Development": "The average life span of the Koreans doubled from 23 years in 1910 to 45 years in 1945, and the population doubled from just over 12 million in 1910 to over 25 million in 1945 due to the institution of modern healthcare under the Japanese. Economic output in terms of agriculture, fishery, forestry and industry increased tenfold from 1910 to 1945. The economic development model the Japanese instituted played the crucial role in Korean economic development, a model that was maintained by the Koreans in the post-World War II era."

[@MrLemania]

The reason why Korea is anti-Japan is to return to the old Korean political system. It aims for unification with the North. It is anti-democratic. Professor Choe Ki-ho of Kaya University I was born in 1923. For the sake of South Korea and for Japan, I want to tell you the truth. Telling the truth could threaten my life in South Korea, but I feel it is my duty to do so. I lived in Seoul during the annexation period. I also spent some time in Tokyo. In those days, the Koreans were more proud of being Japanese than the Japanese themselves. At movie theaters in Korea, they showed the war news before the movies were played. For example, if they showed the image of Japan's victory in New Guinea, the Koreans shouted banzai and gave a round of applause. I loved movies, so I went to movie theaters in Japan as well, and the Japanese were calmer. Nowadays the Koreans who speak positively of the Japanese are criticized as "Chinilpa (pro-Japanese)" but in those days over 90% of Koreans were pro-Japanese. After the war, successive South Korean governments have brainwashed the youths with anti-Japanese education in order to incite hatred towards the Japanese. Koreans in the street of Seoul celebrating Japan's advance in China (1941) 90% of history education in South Korea is distorted. In South Korean classrooms, our teachers don't teach how corrupt the Joseon Dynasty was in the 19th century, and they make their students believe that the Koreans could have gained independence without Japan's help. By becoming part of Japan in 1910, education, healthcare, industry and infrastructure in Korea improved dramatically. The foundation of becoming a modern state was built during the annexation period. Yet we teach in our classrooms that Japan's annexation set back Korea's progress. Population and average life span of Koreans doubled under the Japanese The Joseon Dynasty ruined Korean industry, and the Korean thinkers who advocated reforms were brutally executed. The Koreans today shout "brutal Japanese!" "sex slaves!" but the Korean ruling class (Yangban) in the 19th century was far more brutal. The final years of the Joseon Dynasty were so hellish that they would only compare with the present day North Korea. ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　 "I received my education under the Japanese, and I wasn't discriminated at all" goo.gl/16ufMt Former South Korean Air Force Captain Choe Sam-yeon Colonies have existed since the 15th century. Modern history of mankind can be called the colonial age. We encounter former colonies wherever we go in the world. In Africa people are still in poverty long after the end of being colonized. Which former colonies have achieved economic success? South Korea and Taiwan. Both of them were former Japanese colonies. India was one of the British colonies, but the British didn't spend money on infrastructure, and the Indian economy didn't develop for a long time. It has finally started to grow, but its GDP per capita and literacy are still very low. Japan spent a lot of money on infrastructure both in South Korea and in Taiwan. This was very unique. Other colonizers squeezed natural resources from their colonies but didn't invest in them. Half of Japanese taxpayers' money was spent on colonial infrastructure so that the quality of life would be equivalent. During the Joseon period, the overwhelming majority of the Koreans could not attend schools. When the Japanese came in, they built many schools. So I was able to receive my education, and the quality of education was just as good in Korea as in Japan. The Koreans and the Taiwanese were able to attend military academy of Japan as well. Other colonizers didn't allow people from their colonies to attend military academy of the colonizers. In other words, the Japanese didn't discriminate in education either. In other colonies the discrimination was rightful. The Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan should not have been called colonization. It was annexation, similar to what England did with Scotland. The Koreans like me who experienced Japan's annexation reminisce it, but unfortunately the younger Koreans who received anti-Japanese brainwashing in schools despise it.

[@kauchkauch2272]

@@MrLemania free Okinawa Japanese

[@MrLemania]

@@kauchkauch2272 The Institute for Strategic Studies of the French Military Academy has issued a report noting that China is "stirring up pro-independence movements in Okinawa and elsewhere" in an effort to weaken a potential enemy. The Sankei Shimbun reported in October.

[@MrLemania]

@@kauchkauch2272 [Youth] 2018 Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ Contest for Students/Youth Artwork ””[청소년]2018 일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해자 관련 학생·청소년 작품 공모전”” ○ 공모주제 - 일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해자 관련 모든 소재 ① 일본군 ‘위안부’문제 바로 알기 ② 아픈 역사를 통해 우리가 해야 할 일 ③ 일본군 ‘위안부’피해자 문제를 잊지 않으려는 노력 *순수 창작품에 한하며, 본인의 미발표 창작품이어야 함* ○Open call for participants theme - All material related to the victims of the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ ① Understanding the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ issue ② What we should do through a painful history ③ Efforts not to forget about the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ victims *It is limited to purely creative works, and it must be an unpublished work of the person*

[@1208han]

at that time , Korea was the weakest in their history, and Japan was the strongest. In this day and age, it's hard to happen.

[@クルーゼプラロード]

当時の日本はそこまで強くはなかった

[@Lee-Haejangguk]

@@クルーゼプラロード However, It was literally only modernized country in Asia, which made Japan much stronger than korea and china.

[@RS-ow2jb]

Japan wasn't that strong, China and Korea were too weak.

[@abc-kf2qo]

Japan was strong. 160k Americans died in Pacific.

[@wargabumi2160]

@@クルーゼプラロード its strong considered the era before meiji restoration. Its the Golden era of Japan

[@PET_-rp9rx]

In case you were wondering how the Soviets ended up with an occupation zone in North Korea, here's a gross oversimplification of what happened. After the fall of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union turned to the Far East, looking to gain a stronger foothold there. What better way to do this than by attacking Japan, the sole remaining Axis Power, while also getting some payback for the humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese war? As the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, the Soviets were finishing preparations for a swift conquest of Japanese territories in mainland Asia, with the goal of taking as much territory as they could before the Japanese officially surrendered. The Soviet Army invaded Manchuria on August 9th, 1945, just hours before the atomic bomb on Nagasaki dropped, and progressed into Manchuria faster than the Germans ever had in the beginning of the Second World War. They managed to conquer the entirety of Manchuria and some of northern Korea before the Japanese surrendered in September 2nd, 1945. And so, the Soviet Union was awarded an occupation zone covering Manchuria and North Korea.

[@nicol7651]

I think I read somewhere that this was also because of a agreement with the USA that said that they should declare war on Japan some time after the defeat of Germany

[@goodstuff6006]

The soviets were actually advancing into choonchun, which is now south korean territory.

[@DanH-u3f]

Japan did it through treachery in 1910 and barbarism in the 16th century.

[@timkim1234]

Thank you so much. I love the history of Korea a lot and I know a lot about the history and since I’m a Korean Kim

[@parmanduke]

This is why a country must always maintain a strong military

[@depekthegreat359]

Wow!!!This is indeeed a fascinating history regarding the annex of Korea which included North Korea by Japanese army which was indeed an ultimate battle but since then,both of my favourite countries ever are being extremely so successful in almost all the respective sectors except North Korea which even though one of my favourite respective countries as well,the nation is lagging mainly economically,politically and socially due to fact that it is a comunist country which is being ruled by a president/prime minister who has dictactorship in his mind but hope there would be a change for the nation in years to come,good friends!!!🇯🇵🇰🇵🇰🇷

[@hayek218]

No, this is such crap. Korea begged Japan to annex and modernize it which Japan did and even paid for it. But Korea changed its mind after the War. There was no war; it was a signed deal; it was an internationally accepted one.

[@danedane8573]

@@hayek218 Korea proceeded to annexation with Japan because their economy and the entire system was failing. Japan wanted the peninsula for military security reasons. It was a mutual agreement which was beneficial on both sides. It was the Koreans who murdered Ito Hirobumi who was against Korean annexation. After that, Japanese Military was free to annex Korea just one year later. Koreans loved it as The Chosun Dynasty and its aristocrats were an usurper regime and the worst corrupt despotism parasitic Vampires you could get. Koreans tried to get rid of them by siding with the invading Japanese during the Imjin wars 250 years ago. It faiiled due to CHinese intervention then. It succeeded 250 years later. It was Japan which first gave them rights as human beings for the first time in 500 years of slavery. The population of Koreans doubled during the 35 years of annexation. They supported the Japanese cause in various ways, including the world war. They gladly threw themselves against the Americans with the Kamikaze. There's a reason why the Yasukuni Shrine holds tens of thousands of Korean souls. In the end, it was Western Imperialism that made Japan break out of its 250 years of isolation and forced the Chines, Koreans, Japanese to all declared themselves as Empires and went on war with each other. It's not like today where everyone gets a seat at the UN with diplomatic rights. You either become an Empire or a Colony. Let's also not forget that once liberated from Japan, South Korea became a dictatorship. Totalitarian governments always want its people to hate and blame someone else. SOmeone outside of their group. The Korean elites experienced their peasants siding with the Japanese twice to throw them off. And the Korean peasants experienced China siding with the corrupt regime twice.

[@Kimjongun999]

The nuclear bomb theory itself was already created 70 years ago, so it can be researched and manufactured in countries with a certain level of scientific and engineering level and economic capabilities. In the case of Korea, it is widely believed that it will be possible to produce nuclear weapons within two to three months if it does not do so. Since North Korea has been able to build facilities that can detonate nuclear weapons, it is safe to say that there is no country that cannot make nuclear bombs for economic reasons. Apart from theory, the basic structure itself is simple, so in the 80s, a physics undergraduate at Princeton University submitted a method to make an atomic bomb with term paper

[@jasoncasey6667]

@@danedane8573 STOP it you look dumb commenting in every comment 😂

[@jasoncasey6667]

@@hayek218 who signed it?do you know? And why do you think Japanese killed the Empress of Korea? You dumb

[@tinyelephant1533]

What is up with all the ultra-nationalist Japanese in these comments defending the colonization of Korea? It's honestly sickening that people would defend that shit in the 21st century.

[@campanella4797]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV6ziJtvfa2WgLs There are people here who are stupid enough to believe the false history told by the government, when even a high school student could easily find out the truth.😂

[@campanella4797]

🇰🇷＝🇰🇵🇨🇳🇷🇺

[@あいんしゅたいん-h7n]

You know nothing

[@supa3ek]

Japan never admitted to doing wrong during the ww2

[@venturatheace1]

Weebs

[@naonzz5942]

To put it simply the korea was unfortunate

[@bentencho]

There are few unpopular things to consider.... The Korean upper-class were more or less onboard with being annexed by Japan. Hence many of their prominent families and even their royalties were married to the Japanese nobilities and Imperial family. Hence why there were no push of restoring the monarchy or those upper-class returning back to power after WW2. While many Koreans do feel that Korea was some sort of paradise that was defiled... the truth of the matter was that Korea was the backwater of Asia. Just take a look at the literacy levels, birth mortality rates, GDP, etc... pre-Japan colonization. Far worse than those of Japan and China. Ironically, (pre-war) quality of life actually improved after Japan started administering the peninsula. The literacy rate was like 3% back in 1910... but reached to 22% by 1945. Not saying Japan was right to do what it did... but life in Korea wasn't even good way back when.

[@ykokog1813]

One error I would point out is that the literacy rate between 1910 and 1920 was inaccurate based on the Japanese language. A survey including Hangul was conducted in 1930. At that time, the literacy rate among seniors in their 60s who lived during the Joseon Dynasty was found to be 21%.

[@ledzep448]

you forgot to mention the assassination of the last queen of Korea

[@Sunflowerseedsforivan]

You haven't even watched the video, have you? 2:45

[@veratikon7882]

Easy. Invade when theres not an admiral named Yi Sun-sin

[@gakidomo9561]

As a Korean, I thank my people to have a courage to stand up towards a neighboring bullies!

[@Rjsjrjsjrjsj]

Like, say, North Korea? 🤔

[@josephsuh5204]

Hey Japan wasn’t the only country invaded and subjugated, such as Chinese, Mongolian, and Soviet Union.

[@gakidomo9561]

@@Rjsjrjsjrjsj ??

[@gakidomo9561]

@@josephsuh5204 Ik, but I said neighbouring country, not from across the sea lol.

[@josephsuh5204]

@@gakidomo9561 true But the people of Korean have one thing the all of those Neighboring countries those not, the will of survival and strong rebellion.

[@johnconstantine7402]

[🟥Fact Check]The ancestors of Japanese Tenno(emperor) were from a Korean dynasty of Baekje(Kudara in Japanese) and the emperor Akihito confessed it and the ruling class that conquered Japan since the ancient was the Korean people from Kudara with Kudara culture in B.C. 400s. The difference between Koreans and Japanese is physical. Since ancient times, the Mongolians, Manchurians, and Koreans, who are Northeast Asians (Dongi or Dongbei ethnics), have been of big physicality and have brilliant brains. Evidence of this is the Yuan Dynasty of the Mongols and the Qing Dynasty of the Manchurians, who conquered the Han Chinese in China. According to the archeological and DNA Research done by UCLA University with Prof. Jared Diamond in the United States and Dotori University in Japan, the ancestors of the Japanese are the Koreans. And a Korean dynasty of Baekje(Kudara) dominated Japanese island with the Korean emperor family from Kudara in B.C. 400s. But Japanese physical have been isolated and degraded on the Galapagos Islands, not eating so called red meats for a long time. However, since then, many Korean people from Baekje dynasty, Koryeo(Koguryeo) dynasty and Joseon dynasty went to Japan again and recover the Japanese genes.

[@skylinelover9276]

Modern Koreans and Japanese belongs to DNA paternal O, while Manchurians/Tungusic and Mongolians were DNA paternal C

[@ratanaheng9705]

Very good

[@notoriousbigmoai1125]

Why didn't Ryukyu islands get independence after WW2? Considering Japan annexed Ryukyu as well?

[@davidjoelsson4929]

i think those islands got too japanized

[@3j6j9j8]

ならばハワイも独立しろよw

[@1208han]

okinawa was merged earlier.

[@ginochristiano1397]

Okinawa was fairly Japanized by that time. Also its proximity to Communist China meant that US cant leave it as a small independent nation abd so had to return it to Japan

[@LucidFL]

Japanized like the now effectively extinct Ainu people in Hokkaido.

[@samwill7259]

Hey, everyone else was doing it!

[@littlemeow124]

I love both Japan and south Korea, but it's kinda sad that Japan isn't doing much to admit their crimes against the Koreans. I hope relations improve later in my lifetime

[@凪-y5z7i]

日本は認めて何十回も謝罪しています。

[@busanchamchi8952]

@@凪-y5z7i 動画のコメントがどこで謝罪して認められた人の態度ですか？

[@凪-y5z7i]

私は上のコメントに事実を返信をしただけです。 態度が悪かったのなら謝ります。 そしてこのコメントのどこが態度が悪かったのか具体的に教えてほしいです。 事実、日本はこの出来事を認めており1950年代から今現在、謝罪をし続けています。 韓国側は正式な謝罪といいますがこれまで内閣総理大臣が何十回も謝罪し、天皇までも謝罪していますがあなたたちはこれ以上何を求めるのですか？ そして日本が謝罪した時に韓国にたくさんのお金と技術提供をしました。そして正式な謝罪と言いながら何故日本を謝罪させる事にお金を要求し、受け取っているのでしょうか？

[@ぐら-i7k]

@@busanchamchi8952 認めて謝罪して賠償金を払っても賠償金が足りないと叫ばれるとこの様な態度になっても仕方がないと思います

[@drk9788]

In 1945, Japan became a colony of the United States.

[@chlorophyll6154]

Before the anime Japan was really some crazy SOB

[@grandcanyon-l7d]

Anime/Manga started in 1907

[@Diamant33]

In 1875 Japanese battleship, that was purchased from the uk, came to Korea and showed their advanced cannon system threating. Meanwhile Korean king was still reluctant to be acquainted with western countries and some radical progressive congressmen urged the king to make a treaty with Japan so they could also be modernized like Japan

[@사나찡-e3t]

GDP per capita in 1820 (source : Our World in Data) Japan - 1317 Korea - 816 Per capita wise, Japan had about 1.6 times more wealth than Korea. Plus Japan had 3 times more population than Korea. We were already behind Japan before their industrialization.

[@halyup]

Coz Joseon kings are corrupt

[@vanessab6123]

It is shocking to see all these comments of Japanese of our generation defending the actions of Imperial Japan. How can you defend a country that tried to suppress the culture, language, religion of another country? During that time Korean children were even obligated to change their name to a Japanese name in order to be admitted to school. It must have been very traumatizing for those children.. Today Japan considers itself a democratic country, so I wonder how you can justify all this? It's a contradiction!

[@wargabumi2160]

yess!!! there's even a comment who praised the occupation with paragraphs

[@masahirotakahashi6535]

When applied to today's value, it should have been evil. But, applying today's value to history could get almost every western 'democratic' country into an awkward position. One thing you should know is that Japan invest Korea hugely. It built railways, hospitals, banks, factories, and so on. Japanese might have got some profit from that, yet Koreans got too. Yes, Japan changed Korean's names. But, no one in Korea today don't have Japanese name. Why? While many African descendants in western countries have western surnames. Answer. We did not destroy neither their culture nor identity. Korean aristocrats disliked Hangul because they thought it humble language. Japan made Japanese an official language in Korea but did not ban it, and putting away aristocracy, Japan eventually made Hangul flourish at least until the beginning of the WW2. The fact, maybe cold-hearted in today’s value, is Japan did not see Koreans as slave but poor neighbors, whom should be taught and supported. History is History. Nothing to be sorry or proud. Now they are good rival to us.

[@vanessab6123]

@@masahirotakahashi6535 Sorry but, what you say is absolutely not true. I live in a country with a high rate of people from other countries. None of them were forced to change their names in a "western name" or deny their culture. My country has also committed atrocities in other countries in the past, but no one dares to justify what happened, my government has repeatedly apologized and paid billions in compensation to these countries and today we are on good terms with them because we recognize that what happened is inexcusable.

[@山田次郎-e8i]

It was the Japanese who abolished Chinese characters and taught in Hangul and Japanese. The Korean dynasty around this time was a client state of the Qing dynasty founded by the Manchu people. It is more correct to explain that the culture of the Qing dynasty was abolished rather than robbing Korean culture.

[@manaharukaze1666]

(1) Japan does not prohibit Koreans from speaking Korean. As evidence, it was Japan that spread Hangeul. (2) It was Yi Dynasty Korea that suppressed Buddhism, not Japan. Japan, which has a large Buddhist population, repaired temples. (3) Japan does not force Koreans to use Japanese names. Japan only allowed Koreans to register Japanese-style names when introducing the Japanese-style family register system to the Korean peninsula. This was also in response to requests from Koreans to be allowed to use Japanese names when doing business in China, as a Korean name would be disadvantageous. They also retained the Korean family register system, so there were two types of family register in Korea at the time.

[@Нитро-и5ф]

I think Imperial Japan was similar to present Russia.

[@MrLemania]

During Annexation (1910-1945) "I first visited Korea in 1909 [1909-ed], to advise some Japanese industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under-housed and under-equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained. During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with the most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people’s food supplies to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and the development of skills. Even the dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replaced with clean bright colors. The Koreans, compared to the Japanese, were poor at administration and business. Whether for this reason or by deliberate action, the Japanese filled all major economic and governmental positions. Thus, in1948 when they finally achieved self-government, the Koreans were little prepared for it." (“Freedom Betrayed” by Herbert Hoover, pp.737-738)

[@MrLemania]

Embassy of the Russian Federation in Japan @RusEmbassyJ 8月10日 関東軍が壊滅し、本土での軍事経済上のベースがない状態で、日本は現実的な威力と戦争を継続する可能性を失ったのでした。敵側は合計8万4000人が戦死し、64万人（!）以上が捕虜となりました。目的は達成されました。 ❗満州作戦は、第二次世界大戦中の赤軍の作戦の中でも非常に成功したものでした。 August 10 With the Kanto army destroyed and lacking a military-economic base on the mainland, Japan lost its realistic power and the possibility of continuing the war. A total of 84,000 people were killed on the enemy side, and more than 640,000 (!) were taken prisoners. The purpose has been achieved. ❗ Manchuria was one of the most successful Red Army operations during World War II. ------------- After WW2, Japanese POWs were enslaved in Siberia. Approximately 58,000 people died as a result of being forced to work hard without being given a satisfactory diet or rest in a cold environment. Of these, 41,362 people were identified as individuals, such as their names, as of December 2019. WW2後、日本人捕虜はシベリアで奴隷労働させられました。 厳寒環境下で満足な食事や休養も与えられず、苛烈な労働を強要させられたことにより、約5万8千人が死亡した。このうち氏名など個人が特定された数は2019年12月時点で4万1362人。

[@RizenShin]

Professor Choe Ki-ho of Kaya University I was born in 1923. For the sake of South Korea and for Japan, I want to tell you the truth. Telling the truth could threaten my life in South Korea, but I feel it is my duty to do so. I lived in Seoul during the annexation period. I also spent some time in Tokyo. In those days, the Koreans were more proud of being Japanese than the Japanese themselves. At movie theaters in Korea, they showed the war news before the movies were played. For example, if they showed the image of Japan's victory in New Guinea, the Koreans shouted banzai and gave a round of applause. I loved movies, so I went to movie theaters in Japan as well, and the Japanese were calmer. Nowadays the Koreans who speak positively of the Japanese are criticized as "Chinilpa (pro-Japanese)" but in those days over 90% of Koreans were pro-Japanese. After the war, successive South Korean governments have brainwashed the youths with anti-Japanese education in order to incite hatred towards the Japanese. Koreans in the street of Seoul celebrating Japan's advance in China (1941) 90% of history education in South Korea is distorted. In South Korean classrooms, our teachers don't teach how corrupt the Joseon Dynasty was in the 19th century, and they make their students believe that the Koreans could have gained independence without Japan's help. By becoming part of Japan in 1910, education, healthcare, industry and infrastructure in Korea improved dramatically. The foundation of becoming a modern state was built during the annexation period. Yet we teach in our classrooms that Japan's annexation set back Korea's progress. Population and average life span of Koreans doubled under the Japanese The Joseon Dynasty ruined Korean industry, and the Korean thinkers who advocated reforms were brutally executed. The Koreans today shout "brutal Japanese!" "sex slaves!" but the Korean ruling class (Yangban) in the 19th century was far more brutal. The final years of the Joseon Dynasty were so hellish that they would only compare with the present day North Korea. ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　 "I received my education under the Japanese, and I wasn't discriminated at all" goo.gl/16ufMt Former South Korean Air Force Captain Choe Sam-yeon Colonies have existed since the 15th century. Modern history of mankind can be called the colonial age. We encounter former colonies wherever we go in the world. In Africa people are still in poverty long after the end of being colonized. Which former colonies have achieved economic success? South Korea and Taiwan. Both of them were former Japanese colonies. India was one of the British colonies, but the British didn't spend money on infrastructure, and the Indian economy didn't develop for a long time. It has finally started to grow, but its GDP per capita and literacy are still very low. Japan spent a lot of money on infrastructure both in South Korea and in Taiwan. This was very unique. Other colonizers squeezed natural resources from their colonies but didn't invest in them. Half of Japanese taxpayers' money was spent on colonial infrastructure so that the quality of life would be equivalent. During the Joseon period, the overwhelming majority of the Koreans could not attend schools. When the Japanese came in, they built many schools. So I was able to receive my education, and the quality of education was just as good in Korea as in Japan. The Koreans and the Taiwanese were able to attend military academy of Japan as well. Other colonizers didn't allow people from their colonies to attend military academy of the colonizers. In other words, the Japanese didn't discriminate in education either. In other colonies the discrimination was rightful. The Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan should not have been called colonization. It was annexation, similar to what England did with Scotland. The Koreans like me who experienced Japan's annexation reminisce it, but unfortunately the younger Koreans who received anti-Japanese brainwashing in schools despise it.

[@김동욱-d4o3x]

such a lie. This is nothing but embellishing the truth.

[@sunshine0081]

My grandmother was born in 1928 year under Japanese occupation. She said she hated Japanese who was living in Korea. They knew that Joseon(Korea) was taken by intruder.

[@barry3585]

You show how educated the Japanese are. 90% of Koreans supported Japan? There are still people in Korea who lived in that era. In the past and present, Korea placed great importance on education, and educated citizens cannot be happy when they lose their country. (Joseon was a country of scholars) People who lived during the Japanese colonial period were ashamed of that era, and educated students and independence fighters were active not only in Korea but also around the world. Don't forget why Ito Hirobumi was killed. Japan was able to win the war because it accepted Western civilization first and modernized its weapons. If Joseon had modernized its military in the same way, it wouldn't have suffered like that. Throughout 5,000 years of Korean history, Japan always invaded Korea. Korea has never invaded Japan. Just because Japan colonized Korea for 35 years, no people forget Korea's 5,000 years of history. In the past, our ancestors said that Japan was a group of Japanese invaders. Japan still has no shame about the people who died during the invasion and suffering. 당신은 일본인들이 어떤지 교육을 받았는지 보여주네요. 90% 한국인들이 일본을 지지했다고요? 한국에는 아직도 당시 시대를 살았던 분들이 있습니다. 과거에도 현재에도 한국은 교육을 매우 중요시했고, 교육받은 국민이라면 나라를 잃었는데 행복할수없습니다. (조선은 선비의 나라였습니다) 일제시대에 살아계셨던분들은 그 시대를 수치스러워했고, 교육받은 학생들과 독립투사들이 한국뿐아니라 전세계에서 활동했습니다. 이토 히로부미가 왜 사살 당했는지 잊지마세요. 일본이 서양 문물은 먼저 받아들이고 무기를 현대화했기때문에 전쟁에서 이길수있었습니다. 조선이 똑같이 군대를 현대화했다면 그렇게 당하진않았을겁니다. 5000년의 한국 역사속에서 일본은 항상 한국을 침략했습니다. 한국은 한번도 일본을 침략하질않았죠. 일본이 35년간 한국을 식민지화했다고해서 5000년의 한국의 역사를 잊는 국민들은 없습니다. 과거 조상들은 일본을 침략을 일삼는 왜놈들이라고 했습니다. 일본은 여전히 침략과 고통 속에 죽어나간 사람들에대한 부끄러움이라곤 없습니다.

[@AF-kl6mw]

Korean language and history was taught in the schools build by Japanese government. You can tell from the text books used in the schools during Japanese annexation era. No Korean were forced to change their names but permitted to use Japanese names, which you can tell from regulations. Korean population were almost doubled during the annexation and illiteracy rate was increased tremendously. From the modern point of view, taking over sovereignty of other country and people is unacceptable but unfortunately it happened and Japanese government made huge compensation in 1965. On the other hand, forging history and create hatred against others is something stoppable now.

[@ykokog1813]

Japan failed to eradicate illiteracy. In fact, we haven't been able to spread the Korean language properly. This is also acknowledged by Japanese scholars in the Japan-South Korea Joint History Research Project. Second, the name change is forced. Since this was an arbitrary action by the Japanese Government-General of Korea, it was also raised as an issue in the Japanese parliament. Korea's records on this issue at the time are also consistent with this.

[@EugeneLee368]

広島と長崎で原子爆弾が落ちたというのは常識ある国ではすでに嘘と判断された。日本人の被害意識と歴史ファンタジーが生み出した虚構ということだ。

[@土生泰山]

Unfortunately, Koreans are brainwashed by anti-Japanese thoughts. No way for them to be saved, that dominated by extreme right and left society controlled by Anti-Japan communist intruders from North Korea and China.

[@Flymoki13]

​@ykokog1813 even to this day, Korea literacy rates are lower than those of Japan, despite Korea being more urbanized and a less populated country

[@monicamuramatsu3626]

¿qué pasa con la verdad? En primer lugar, Japón y Corea no estuvieron en guerra. Además, Corea no era una colonia japonesa. La anexión de Japón y Corea no fue una anexión por la fuerza japonesa, sino que la anexión se llevó a cabo pacíficamente mediante la firma del emperador del Imperio Coreano y el representante de Japón por un tratado. Corea fue llamada una vez "el país más pobre del mundo" por el maestro literario chino Lu Xun. Los extranjeros que visitaron Corea en ese momento describieron a Seúl como "una de las ciudades más sucias del mundo". En tales circunstancias, era solo cuestión de tiempo antes de que Corea se convirtiera en una colonia de las grandes potencias. Por lo tanto, naturalmente, Japón esperaba que Corea del Sur desempeñara un papel de seguridad en la prevención de ataques de Rusia y China. Y para proteger a Corea, el gobierno japonés después de la fusión apoyó la modernización de Corea trabajaron juntos los sectores público y privado para hacer de la península de Corea la misma nación moderna como Japón. En el momento de la anexión de Japón y Corea, la península de Corea se encontraba en un estado de colapso económico. Por lo tanto, el gobierno japonés ha tomado medidas de exención de impuestos que no cobraran impuestos a Corea durante 10 años. Además, para enriquecer a Corea, el gobierno japonés en ese momento invirtió impuestos japoneses en varios campos como la recuperación de campos, la construcción de presas, canales de irrigación, carreteras, ferrocarriles y otro desarrollo de infraestructura, y educación escolar para enriquecer a Corea. Durante la anexión japonesa de Corea, se invirtió un total de 2.1 mil millones de yenes (alrededor de 63 billones de yenes al tipo actual) de impuestos japoneses. Si tomamos solo los logros representativos de los muchos logros de Japón, 1. La población aumentó de 10 millones a 25 millones. 2. La esperanza de vida media de la población coreana ha aumentado drásticamente de 24 a 45 años. 3. El gasto anual del pueblo coreano se duplicó de 58 yenes a 119 yenes y se hizo más rico. 4. Estableció un sistema de educación escolar y construyó alrededor de 4200 escuelas primarias en 1943. 5. Campos y tierras despejadas y rendimiento de arroz triplicado. 6. Se trazó un ferrocarril de 3800 km y se construyó un puerto. Aproximadamente 170 grandes fábricas de empresas japonesas han iniciado operaciones en las principales ciudades, creando nuevos puestos de trabajo, incluyendo 100.000 coreanos. Curiosamente, según el Informe Anual de Estadísticas del Gobierno General, la seguridad en Corea después de la anexión de Corea ha mejorado significativamente de la siguiente manera, los siguientes son los datos que muestran la transición de casos de robo. 1923 - 1771 casos 1932 - 1261 casos 1937 - 727 casos 1942 - 394 casos Después de todo, para mejorar la caótica península de Corea antes de la anexión, Japón promovió la educación, introdujo la libertad personal, garantizó la propiedad privada, presentó la igualdad ante la ley y fue así Japón continental. Japón también ha invertido una gran cantidad de presupuesto nacional para modernizar Corea. Esto se muestra claramente en las fotografías adjuntas de las ciudades antes y después de la anexión.

[@SayMyName_JiLola]

한국인으로서 당신의 주장은 너무 당황스럽습니다 한국이 일본의 식민지였던적이 없다고요? 우리는 절대 평화롭게 협정을 맺지 않았습니다. 그 뒤에는 치명적인 협박이 있었기 때문입니다. 한국이 일본으로 부터 독립된 이후 극적인 발전을 이룬것은 사실입니다. 하지만 이는 일본의 도움을 받은것이 절대 아닙니다. 단일민족을 중요시하였던 한국은 일찍 세계화를 시작한 일본에 비해 나약했고, 이는 치명적인 단점이였습니다. 이것이 일본의 가장 큰 무기가 되었습니다. 일제강점기 도중 많은 한국인들은 한국이 단일민족에서 벗어나 세계를 받아들여야만 발전을 해야한다고 느꼈고 해방 이후 한국은 나라의 힘을 키우기 위해 수많은 노력을 하였습니다, 한국인들이 가장 분노하는 말중 하나는 ‘한국은 일본 덕분에 더욱 발전하였다. 일본은 한국에게 도움을 준것이다’입니다. 이것은 일본의 주장입니다 한국의 발전은 자발적인 것이지, 타의적인것이 아닙니다. 당신이 한국의 역사에 관심을 가져주어 굉장히 감사하지만 평화롭고 강압적이지 않았다는 일본의 주장과 달리 실제 한국인들은 정신적, 신체적 죽음을 당하였습니다. 아직 한국에는 일본의 잔인한 만행에 의해 아직까지 힘들어하는 어르신들이 많고, 그들은 아직 일본의 직접적인 사과를 받지 못하였습니다. 한국에는 아직 일본의 잔인한 만행의 흔적들이 남아있습니다. 피해자, 생존자, 성폭행피해자, 사진, 일본이 사용했던 고문도구, 한국을 암묵적으로 죽이기 위해 일본이 만든 다양한 조약, 그 기록물들… 당신이 일제강점기를 긍정적으로 바라본다는것이 너무 충격적입니다 학교의 개수가 늘어났다 > 그 학교에서는 진정한 ‘교육’ 이 일어나지 않았습니다. 한국인의 수명이 늘어났다 > 인류의 수명연장의 가장 큰 이유는 의학기술입니다. 일본은 절대 한국에게 의학적 도움을 주지 않았습니다 쌀 수확량과 항구, 철도가 발전하였습니다 > 모든 쌀 수확은 다 일본에게 넘어갔고 한국인들에게는 제공되지 않았습니다. 철도와 항구로 인해 수입한 모든 수입품 또한 다 일본으로 넘어갔습니다. 이는 명백하며, 우리는 모든 역사 증거물과 기록이 있습니다. 제발 일방적인 주장을 믿지 말아주세요. 굉장히 큰 상처입니다

[@ともっぺ-d1i]

@@SayMyName_JiLola偽造教育

[@stephan6051]

I am Korean. In the past, Joseon passed on the culture created through exchanges with China to Japan for a very long time.Because at that time, China was the most civilized country in East Asia.Japan accepted Western culture through the Meiji Restoration and succeeded in modernizing it, but the Joseon ignored Japan.Because Joseon was considered country that taught Japan for hundreds of years.In the end, Joseon failed to modernize and was invaded by world powers, and Joseon was defeated.As Japan colonized Korea, it promoted a lot of modernization and social and cultural development. Although there is a painful past in the process, it is undeniable.If Russia had won the war between Russia and Japan and Korea had become a Russian colony, many Koreans would have been taken to Siberia for forced labor, and Korea would have been an independent new Russian federal state in the 1990s.

[@wisdom1819]

Japan solved their domestic rice shortage problem after annexation Korea,

[@keviny714]

My friend from high schools great grandmother's sister was Queen Min

[@boring4093]

In the past, Japan was a truly scary and persistent neighbor. However, today's young people in Japan seem to me as a Korean to be kind and good neighbors😅 I think it is a natural and desirable phenomenon as generations change.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@Redallstar1]

Damn. Japan made a huge 180 since WW2. From one of the most hated and merciless nations to one of the most admired.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've always wondered how Korea was annexed by Japan. Now I know. Nice video.

[@hayek218]

No, this is such crap. Korea begged Japan to annex and modernize it which Japan did and even paid for it. But Korea changed its mind after the War and started fabricating its history as it is so ashamed of the fact that Korea was a dependency of Chinese dynasties for almost a thousand years since the Yuan Dynasty (which they hide from its nations); it was Japan that gave Korea independence in Shimonoseki Treaty; Koreans failed to modernize the country and begged Japan to annex and modernize. There was no war; it was a signed deal; it was an internationally accepted one. Every single year of annexation, it was a net cash outflow for Japan, and by far. It was such a huge burden to modernize another country. The following is what the US President Hoover who visited Korea before and after the annexation said: When I visited Korea in 1909, to advise some Japanese industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under-housed, and under-equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained. During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with this most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people’s food suppliers to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and development skills. Even dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replaced with clean bright colors.

[@MrLemania]

Professor Choe Ki-ho of Kaya University I was born in 1923. For the sake of South Korea and for Japan, I want to tell you the truth. Telling the truth could threaten my life in South Korea, but I feel it is my duty to do so. I lived in Seoul during the annexation period. I also spent some time in Tokyo. In those days, the Koreans were more proud of being Japanese than the Japanese themselves. At movie theaters in Korea, they showed the war news before the movies were played. For example, if they showed the image of Japan's victory in New Guinea, the Koreans shouted banzai and gave a round of applause. I loved movies, so I went to movie theaters in Japan as well, and the Japanese were calmer. Nowadays the Koreans who speak positively of the Japanese are criticized as "Chinilpa (pro-Japanese)" but in those days over 90% of Koreans were pro-Japanese. After the war, successive South Korean governments have brainwashed the youths with anti-Japanese education in order to incite hatred towards the Japanese. Koreans in the street of Seoul celebrating Japan's advance in China (1941) 90% of history education in South Korea is distorted. In South Korean classrooms, our teachers don't teach how corrupt the Joseon Dynasty was in the 19th century, and they make their students believe that the Koreans could have gained independence without Japan's help. By becoming part of Japan in 1910, education, healthcare, industry and infrastructure in Korea improved dramatically. The foundation of becoming a modern state was built during the annexation period. Yet we teach in our classrooms that Japan's annexation set back Korea's progress. Population and average life span of Koreans doubled under the Japanese The Joseon Dynasty ruined Korean industry, and the Korean thinkers who advocated reforms were brutally executed. The Koreans today shout "brutal Japanese!" "sex slaves!" but the Korean ruling class (Yangban) in the 19th century was far more brutal. The final years of the Joseon Dynasty were so hellish that they would only compare with the present day North Korea. ◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　◇　　 "I received my education under the Japanese, and I wasn't discriminated at all" goo.gl/16ufMt Former South Korean Air Force Captain Choe Sam-yeon Colonies have existed since the 15th century. Modern history of mankind can be called the colonial age. We encounter former colonies wherever we go in the world. In Africa people are still in poverty long after the end of being colonized. Which former colonies have achieved economic success? South Korea and Taiwan. Both of them were former Japanese colonies. India was one of the British colonies, but the British didn't spend money on infrastructure, and the Indian economy didn't develop for a long time. It has finally started to grow, but its GDP per capita and literacy are still very low. Japan spent a lot of money on infrastructure both in South Korea and in Taiwan. This was very unique. Other colonizers squeezed natural resources from their colonies but didn't invest in them. Half of Japanese taxpayers' money was spent on colonial infrastructure so that the quality of life would be equivalent. During the Joseon period, the overwhelming majority of the Koreans could not attend schools. When the Japanese came in, they built many schools. So I was able to receive my education, and the quality of education was just as good in Korea as in Japan. The Koreans and the Taiwanese were able to attend military academy of Japan as well. Other colonizers didn't allow people from their colonies to attend military academy of the colonizers. In other words, the Japanese didn't discriminate in education either. In other colonies the discrimination was rightful. The Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan should not have been called colonization. It was annexation, similar to what England did with Scotland. The Koreans like me who experienced Japan's annexation reminisce it, but unfortunately the younger Koreans who received anti-Japanese brainwashing in schools despise it.

[@williamyoo2053]

@@MrLemania Japanese? Your attitude like that is why Korean can not forgive you guys spreading fake news instead of sincere apology for what you have done to neighbor country. My grand mother will cry in heaven if i just pass your fake quotation. That is why i leave comment here. Im Korean. 45 yrs old.

[@MrLemania]

@@williamyoo2053 "현대인 1일 평균 3번 거짓말한다" Search > Im Korean. 45 yrs old. Influence of Confucianism w im57

[@MrLemania]

@@williamyoo2053 At WW2, Korea does not exist. It was the Empire of Japan and your ancestors were Japanese. 1939.03.28 동아일보 50여 처녀가 조선인 인신매매단에 걸려서 북지, 만주에 창기로 팔림. 일본경찰이 구해줌. 1933.06.30 동아일보 노상에서 소녀를 유인하여 납치, 추업중인(매춘포주)에게 매도. 범인은 박명동과 이성녀 1936.05.14 매일신보 농촌부녀유인 악한을 검거. 여자를 만주에 창기로 팔려던 것을 일본경찰이 검거해서 여성을 구출함. 네명의 여자가 마수를 벗어남. 1939.08.31 동아일보 악덕소개업자가 발호, 이들이 유괴한 농촌부녀자의 수가 무려 100명 이상. 모두 일본경찰님들이 구출해내심. 1936.07.09 매일신보 처녀를 유인하여 추업(매춘)을 강제한 행상마녀의 죄상. 범인은 황금정, 박금희, 이덕순 이라는 조선녀 3인. 순진한 가정부녀들을 유인해서 중국인에게 매춘을 강요함. 일본경찰이 검거하여 피해여성들을 구출. 1935.03.07 동아일보 중국 상해 암흑굴에 조선여성 2천여명. 이들 원정녀들 때문에 조선인의 체면이 손상됨. 그녀들의 참담한 생활에도 불구하고 대책이 막연. 왜냐하면 경제적 문제로 인한 자발적인 근로라서 대책을 세울 수 없음을 안타까워하는 내용. 1933.07.01 동아일보 소녀유인단의 수괴 은뽕어멈. 주로 어린 소녀들을 꾀어다가 매음굴에 팔아 먹던 악녀였는데, 일본경찰이 검거함. 1936.02.14 매일신보 조선인들이 여자 유인해서 창기로 팔아 먹는걸 일본경찰이 발견하고 검거함. 1939.03.28 매일신보 농촌처녀 유인해서 100 여명을 팔아먹음. 부자와 4촌이 가족친지 조선인 납치단임. 이걸 일본경찰이 검거해서 여성들을 구해줌.

[@jonpalks6790]

can't believe it didn't become an unified single country after WWII

[@daniellee8162]

By making Koreans adopt Japanese surnames, the Japanese could blame the Koreans for atrocities later that they force them to do or when Japanese were to do so, can enable their actions by saying the Koreans support them...or blame them. Hisao Tani, one of the lower ranked generals, was being held for war crimes after the end of WW2 and tried to use the Koreans as a scapegoat...only to be executed. Chinese wasn't believing that one bit and for good reason. China and Korea has always been on good terms.

[@leniagnatobba4578]

wow the Japanese was a small country but its not scared of going to war against big countries

[@raphlvlogs271]

the step by step colonisation used by Japan was state of the art of its time

[@TireSpare]

it was the worst colonization made in the world. hence many koreans were against japanese rules, many try to survive on their best by having accepted to become Americanized in all aspects with a love.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@TireSpare I still blame them for failed and late mordenization of their country to resisted both the Qing and the new Japan Empire.

[@gangwu4541]

State of the art for hell.

[@lalalili6576]

ah yes, the art of massacre and rape 300.000 ppl in one city just in 6 weeks. wonderful art isn't it?

[@山田次郎-e8i]

@@TireSpare That is not the case. It is due to postwar American education. When Japan annexed South Korea, no Western powers such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany, etc. were complaining. There are about 300 rebels who were engaged in the Korean independence movement. It was a Korean aristocrat who lost his interests who had a grudge against Japan.

[@evanharrison4054]

Please give more accurate titles for your videos. For a moment, I thought I got isekai'd back to the "2009:Lost Memories" timeline.

[@AnthonyAussieSlotspokies]

Luckily Japan lost the war and the Koreans got their country back divided but free rulers off their country.sorry for Japan they learn the lesson the hard way unconditional surrender was very hard for the Japanese people and hopefully they will never do the same things again to Koreans or any other neighbours

[@dkowyyenfly]

The historical circumstances of that time led to such tragedies. The suffering of all indigenous people in colonies always exists. Ultimately, colonial rule is imposed to take and gain benefits from the colonies. Industrialization, building factories, and educating workers are done to gain more profits efficiently, but we cannot say that these were beneficial for Korea. In the future, as information is shared and many discussions take place through the internet, I hope global citizens can find good consensus points. The conflict in Ukraine also arose from trying to gain benefits for themselves. As inhabitants of Earth, let's strive to reduce unnecessary conflicts.

[@KimTaeHwan114]

Korean is still korean. No matter how big empires trying to erase my country. We can't survive unless we're strong! It is proving today.

[@kyarib]

What Koreans should know about modern history is that China and Korea were in different positions in relation to Japan. Before 1945, China was a foreign country to Japan, subject to invasion and deprivation. The Korean peninsula, however, was Japanese territory, and to the Japanese government of the time, the people living there were equally Japanese citizens. As evidence, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula before it was devastated by the Korean War was a rich granary, and the northern part was an advanced industrial area. It is a fact of history that under Japanese rule, the Korean population grew and their standard of living became more affluent. Although the Japanese Governor-General of Korea's policy of governance on the Korean peninsula was basically for the benefit of Japan, it did not necessarily mean deprivation or oppression of the Korean people. It was intended to invest Japanese technology and capital in the Korean peninsula to promote economic development and social modernization, thereby making the peninsula a part of Japan's national strength. Until 1945, adult male Koreans living in the Japanese archipelago had suffrage. This was proof that they were guaranteed equal status as Japanese citizens. The Japanese Imperial Army at that time had a lieutenant general from the Korean Peninsula, and there were so many young men from the Korean Peninsula who volunteered for the Japanese Army out of patriotism that the administrative authorities had a hard time dealing with them. It is shameful for such Koreans to turn their back on Japan as soon as Japan lost the Pacific War to the U.S. and claim that they were one-sided victims of Japan's rule.

[@vic_t0r260]

Reading thr comments literally made me lose brain cells, just look at the sheer amount of people trying to justify colonization

[@ばっしぃ-z3e]

日本が行ったのは武力侵攻による植民地化ではなく、お互いの国が話し合った結果行われた併合です。 この併合には当時のアメリカとイギリスが賛同しています。 そもそも植民地を持っていた国で支配した国に謝罪し有償3億ドル、無償2億ドルを渡した国がありますか？ 日本が併合しなければ朝鮮は中国かソ連の植民地になっていただけ。

[@hayek218]

Who colonized? It is annexation. Get the basics first.

[@vanessab6123]

Annexation is just a soft way of saying colonization. Like the "annexation" of Crimea..

[@hayek218]

@@vanessab6123 ??????? Go to school and read some legit history books.

[@ばっしぃ-z3e]

@@vanessab6123 クリミアが併合されたって本のタイトルだけ読んで中身を知らない人と同じですね(笑) 日本の朝鮮併合は朝鮮政府も同意し、国際的に承認された当時として合法なものです。 対してクリミア半島はウクライナは国として同意しておらず、日本や西欧諸国は違法なものだと認めていません。 国連の決議で反対が過半数を取り決議案を出しましたが、ロシアが拒否権を発動しています。

[@4acae86]

I feel like I just watched age of empires with actual history

[@1n4L1]

During the Japanese colonial period, the average life expectancy and population of Koreans doubled. Japan also built facilities such as hospitals, police stations, banks, grocery stores, and schools. At the time, comfort women's annual income was enough to build a large house after three years of service. As a result, parents in poor rural villages sometimes sold their daughters to brothels. Some Koreans went to Japan to work in the coal mines and used the money to build houses in Seoul. At that time, Japan wanted Korea to be a permanent part of Japan, so they gave Korea the same infrastructure and educational standards as Japan. Japanese educator Yukichi Fukuzawa also created Hangul textbooks, and Korea's Hangul literacy rate rose from less than 10% to 98%.

[@TomTomdog]

You forgot to mention. Japanese army cut the nose and ears of regular Korean citizens and made a 100 feet mountains out of them. This is how much Japanese soldiers kill Korean civilians. Also, many Korean citizens were murdered by lab test using microwaves and toxic gases as a Japanese researches. Japanese medical technology evolved so much due to human lab testing on live person. Dont just say your side of the story.

[@bayleaf3977]

Even with all this in mind, Koreans were still treated as second class citizens.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Interesting to compare the occupation of Korea by Japan and the occupation of Japan by the United States.... Imagine what might have happened had Japan concentrated on developing it's ill gotten gains in Korea rather than grasping at a far larger empire.

[@danwelterweight4137]

The Japanese did the same thing to Okinawans. However the Allies forgot to free the people of Okinawa from Japanese colonial domination. Instead they replaced it with American colonial domination.

[@halyup]

That would be hypocrisy for the allies if they do They didnt even free puerto rico or hawaii

[@すばまろ]

Okinawans are in a same ethnic group as Japanese. From the archeological and ethnic perspectives, Okinawans are a part of Japanese. They have same genes as Japanese and their language is a one of Japanese dialects.

[@juniortrump2887]

Total lie lol

[@danwelterweight4137]

@@juniortrump2887 How is it a lie? Okinawans have been protesting for US troops to leave for decades. In the battle of Okinawa the US slaughtered 1/3 of their population. Their best ancestral arable lands has been taken away to make military bases for American troops. Many of their coral reefs have been destroyed, and so has much of their environment. They are also subjected to various military accidents by the US military that cause a lot of damage and destruction of their property and even loss of life on a regular basis. Drunken US also often assault Okinawan women and fuel the prostitution industry in the Islands They want US troops out yesterday. You go to Okinawa and you see posters and protesters calling for US troops everywhere, specially at the front of the bases.

[@danwelterweight4137]

@@すばまろ funny you say that. Did a Google research on what you just said. Found like 20 different articles and studies completely contradicting and stating the opposite of everything you said. Furthermore, they were a separate nation and people with their own government recognized all over the world until they were forcefully amnexed. Japanese tried to erase their language and heritage. Tried to forbid them from even speaking their language and practicing their culture. They had their own form of government, laws, institutions all seperate from Japan. They are much more aligned with the indigenous people of Taiwan and Polynesia. Their language is different from. JAPAN. Their culture is different, their food is different, their heritage is different. They did not come from Japan and did not identify themselves as Japanese.

[@TheFrogOutsidetheWell]

Worst possible pronunciation of Korea terms. Why not check for pronunciation by listening to how the words are actually pronounced???

[@manaharukaze1666]

In the following video, various graphs show how Japanese rule of Korea proceeded. You can also find out how Westerners on the Korean Peninsula at the time evaluated the situation. → Untold truth of Japanese annexation of Korea (KZbin)

[@basedcapybara6967]

japanese propaganda bot

[@manaharukaze1666]

@@basedcapybara6967 In an age when everyone is using the internet to search for information and locate primary sources, Koreans have also been exposed to the fact that what they have been taught in their anti-Japanese education has been a lie.

[@markgarin6355]

Difference between the Germans and folks east of there before and during WWII...and this area of Asia... was they were all 'slavs'. Once they (Japan) started taking over....who was there to actually 'sign' these uneven treaties?

[@육킹-z4w]

I really don't get it. Does japanese really think they were so wise, generous and peaceful during there empire period?

[@Kdy1]

yes it actually was

[@육킹-z4w]

@@Kdy1 wake up, simply none of Imperialism country have been generous and peaceful in entire human history.

[@unconscious1076]

Was It even Surprising? Like anyone ever wondered that how could Japan annex Korea at that time Korea was literally a Chinese vessel and Japan was a rising power even beating Russia at that time

[@Nielson941]

China that time was at its weakest point, China could not defend its territory against Russia and western empires, thats why China couldn’t help Korea.

[@huanquocmanh416]

@@Nielson941 corea was a china's puppet state, not even a vassal. A vrry backward one at that.

[@lalalili6576]

its still suprising because Japan are known to be small country and doesn't have much power influence over the centuries until meiji reform

[@Nielson941]

@@lalalili6576 before Meiji reform, Japan was quite prosperous , its society and culture was based on military rules, shogun, samurai, militia with good fighting skills, and its people were very loyalty to the king, Japanese are very patriotic, imperial minded, small country and physique( average Japanese man in the old day was 5’2-160cm, now they are much taller), but they are bravely, very ambitious, like conquering etc…if Japan is as big as China,it can conquered all Asia and the whole world.

[@ohcho-fg4co]

Koreans and Manchurians were originally the same people. When Manchurians conquered China and established Ching Empire, Korea didn't see enemies thanks to Manchurians. So Korea disbanded military and became dependent on Manchurians providing defence security. When Manchurians' Ching Empire fell, Korea was helpless due to the lack of military institutions. This is why Korea was annexed without a war!

[@zoelu86]

Korea is the birthplace of the world😅

[@ohcho-fg4co]

@@zoelu86 Modern Han Chinese have no ancestrial root! Original Chinese were Middle Eastern people. History of China is a history of conquests by Koreanic people. Chinese version of history is fakes. Rulers of China; - Chin: Middle Eastern people - Han: Middle Eastern people - Sui: Xianbei (=Korean tribe) - Tang: Xianbei (=Korean tribe) - Song: Korean emperors - Yuan: Mongols (=Khitans=Korean tribe) - Ming: Middle Eastern people - Ching: Manchurians (=Korean tribe)

[@luishernandezblonde]

I think Korea lost independent in 1905, when Japan defeated Russia. Korea hoped Russia would do their bid but it was gone. By that point, Japan made Korea a semi-colony before fully annexed it.

[@victorsalazar450]

In the 1890, People from Japan started going to Korea and settlering there, which made Japan to get more influence on the region, Japan used the progressive party of Korea to portrait a Cup, Conservatives asked China for Help, Then a big peasant revolt started, China sent troops to stop it but its action violated the Convention of share management of Korea, then the first Sino Japanese war started, Japan won so Korea was now independent. Japan killed the empress, so Goyong became king, He then declared the Korean empire. Japan won the war with Russia. In 1905 Korea became a protectorate of Japan, all members of the government were replaced with Japanese citizens. Then they deposed Goyong and stablished a puppet emperor. In 1910 Korea is fully annexed into Japan. In 1919 massive revolts started ending with 75000 death and 16k wounded. Then during world war II Japan decided Koreans must use japanese surnames. Lost of land was taken from landlords and given to Japanese

[@NiceBoaT_98]

Myeongseong was never an empress. She was a queen. There are much more things we learn as South Korean. This is a brief strip of what happened for about 50 years.

[@markf8626]

Funfact: Kim il Sung was the only supreme leader of North Korea who had military service