Have you heard of anti-Japanese propaganda “Japanese BRUTAL rule over Korea” ? This is completely a lie.
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Currently in Korea, anyone who speaks in favor of Japanese annexation period faces the attack verbally or even physically by anti-Japanese Koreans as below.
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95 years old Korean says " I fondly recall the period of the Japanese rule. It was fortunate for Korea to have been ruled by Japan.", and he was beaten to death by an angry 35 years old Korean . Segye Ilbo (World Daily) on September 12, 2013
Professor Choe Ki-ho says " I am 92 years old, and I want to tell you the truth" . “ 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.” “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.” https://scholarsinenglish.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-am-91-years-old-and-i-want-to-tell.html |
The truth is if you consider the three periods of Korea in a modern era, the period during Japanese annexation was the best for the ordinary Korean people as described in US president Hoover described in his book "Freedom Betrayed".
| ~1910 : The miserable Yi dynasty era |
| 1910 to 1945 : During Japanese annexation, revolutionized Korea with Japan |
| 1945~ current: After the world war 2, the split into North and South and annihilated with US air raid at Korean war causing the death of 20 percent of people. |
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¶ ~1910 : The miserable Yi dynasty era 李氏朝鮮
These are testimonies by westers.
Actually even before Japanese annexation in 1910, Japan supported Korea to rebuild its nation. "Herculean Labor"
¶ 1910 to 1945 : During Japanese annexation, revolutionized Korea with Japan
These are testimonies by westers.
"From the most disheartenning condition I ever visited in Asia was REVOLUTIONIZED."
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</video>¶ 1945~current: After the world war 2, the split into North and South and annihilated with US air raid
After FDR forcing Japan to attack Pear Harbor, WW2 started but Korea was safe without any air raid by US bomber. But the spread of communism in Asia was underway. FDR who caught up with the idea of a new order with Soviet ignored Japanese attempt for a peace negotiation and
These are testimonies by westers.
Lemay says “20 percent if Koreans were killed.”