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Terminology. During the period of Japanese colonial rule, Korea was officially known as Chōsen (朝鮮), although the former name continued to be used internationally.. In South Korea, the period is usually described as the "Imperial Japanese compulsive occupation period" (Korean: 일제강점기; Hanja: 日帝强占期; RR: Ilje Gangjeom-gi).
When Korea became a Japanese colony in 1910 women's associations were banned by the Japanese and many women instead engaged in underground resistance groups such as the Yosong Aeguk Tongji-hoe (Patriotic Women's Society) and the Taehan Aeguk Buin-hoe (Korean Patriotic Women's Society). As a result, the role of women in society began to change.
The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상, Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by the Japanese ...
Comfort women. Korean comfort women being questioned by the United States Army after the Siege of Myitkyina, August 14, 1944 [1] Native name. Japanese: 慰安婦, ianfu. Date. 1932–1945. Location. Asia. Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories ...
As of 2010, about 3.5% of South Korean soldiers were female. In 2020, there were approximately 7,550 women enlisted in the military, making up about 8.8% of South Korean soldiers. [64] The first group of women to serve in the South Korean army enlisted in 1950 in response to the outbreak of the Korean War.
Wednesday demonstration ( Korean: 수요 집회, romanized : Suyo jipoe ), officially named Wednesday Demonstration demanding Japan to redress the Comfort Women problems ( Korean: 일본군 위안부 문제 해결을 위한 정기 수요시위 ), is a weekly protest in South Korea which aims at obtaining justice from the Japanese government ...
The Government-General of Chōsen Building ( Korean : 조선총독부 청사 ; RR : Joseon-chongdokbu Cheongsa ), also known as the Japanese General Government Building and the Seoul Capitol, was a building located in Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea, from 1926 to 1996. The Government-General Building was constructed by the Empire of Japan ...
Government-General of Chōsen. Technical details. Floor count. 6. The Government-General of Chōsen Library ( Japanese: 朝鮮総督府図書館, Korean : 조선총독부 도서관) was a library in Sogong-dong, Keijō ( Seoul ), Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan from 1923 to 1945. [1] [2] It was succeeded by the South Korean National Library ...