Nowadays, Korea has been divided into two nations since the Korean war. Lots of people are still nervous and have a hard time because of this. However, before the Korean war, Korea underwent the hardest time in its history. It was in the Japanese colonial era that Korea had the most difficult time.

In July 1907, Japan forced the King, Go-zhong, to resign on the pretext of the Hague case. After that, in 1910, Korean Emperor went to pieces and was colonized by Japan. Japan robbed the Korean legislation, jurisdiction, and administration. Also, it dominated Korean authority against Korea. In addition, it dispersed Korean army and supervised Korean police under Japanese commands. Lastly, on August 22nd, 1910 it pushed ahead of the Merger Treaty, then made Korea its colony.

▲ Many Koreans were tortured by Japanese police without any reasons.

During the period of the Japanese colonial era, Japan tried to make some Koreans its supervisor. It means people who were followed and damaged Koreans against Koreans were little, but their spirits and minds were affected a lot. Also, Japan just not only tortured to only Koreans but also created some laws which were not justified to Koreans. Japanese people were so rude and did not care about Korean lives. In addition, they were so unjust. Lots of Koreans were deprived of their things and could not use Korean freely. Japanese police could kill Korean immediately without any reasons.

▲ This is the notice that Koreans had to change their names to Japnese words.

▲ They are Korean young women that were taken and raped by Japanese.

Unfortunately, during the Japanese colonial era, many Koreans were demanded to remember the Japanese Loyal subject transcription and then changed their names into Japanese words. Ultimately, the most shameful behavior that the Japanese did is military sexual slavery. Korean young women were taken by the Japanese, and they underwent inexpressible pain. Lots of women were raped, hit and even killed. Is it a right thing that Japan hasn't done any actions and apologized?

Like that, in this period, Koreans took lots of sufferings. However, Japan hasn't said anything about that and recognized about their brutality yet. People can make mistakes, but Japanese behavior cannot be forgiven by Korea. What Koreans have to do is to know about their history exactly. If they do not know anything about history, they cannot change and require anything. Also, they must get  apology from Japan and some compensation.

by Kim Minhyun