Korea under Japanese Rule or Korea under Japanese Occupation was the
period between 1910 and 1945, when Joseon Korea came under the
Japanese sphere of influence in the Japanâ€"Korea Treaty of 1876. A
complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business
officials began a process of Korea's political and economic
integration into Japan. The Korean Empire became a protectorate of
Japan in 1905 in the Japanâ€"Korea Treaty of 1905 and the country was
indirectly ruled by the Japanese through the Resident-General of
Korea. Japan formally annexed Korea in 1910 in the Japanâ€"Korea
Treaty of 1910, without the consent of Gojong, the regent of the
Korean Emperor Sunjong. The Japanese Empire had established the Korean
Peninsula as a colony of Japan administered by the General Government
based in KeijÅ (Gyeongseong) which governed Korea with near-absolute
power.Japanese rule prioritized Korea's Japanization, accelerating
industrialization started by the Gwangmu Reform, building public
works, and fighting the Korean independence movement. The public works
included developing railroads (Gyeongbu Line, Gyeongui Line, Gyeongwon
Line, etc.) and improving major roads and ports that supported
economic development, and Korea had an average GNP growth rate of 4.2%
during the 25 years between 1912 and 1937.Japanese rule over Korea
ended on 15 August 1945 upon the Surrender of Japan in World War II,
and the armed forces of the United States and the Soviet Union
occupied the territory. The Division of Korea separated the Korean
Peninsula under two governments and economic systems with the northern
Soviet Civil Administration and the southern United States Army
Military Government in Korea. In 1965, the Treaty on Basic Relations
between Japan and South Korea declared the unequal treaties between
Japan and Korea, especially 1905 and 1910, were "already null and
void" at the time of their promulgation. Japanese rule remains
controversial in modern-day North Korea and South Korea and its
negative repercussions continue to affect these countries, including
the industrialization plan to solely benefit Japan, the exploitation
of Korean people, the marginalization of Korean history and culture,
the environmental exploitation of the Korean Peninsula, and the status
of Japanese collaborators known as Chinilpa.
period between 1910 and 1945, when Joseon Korea came under the
Japanese sphere of influence in the Japanâ€"Korea Treaty of 1876. A
complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business
officials began a process of Korea's political and economic
integration into Japan. The Korean Empire became a protectorate of
Japan in 1905 in the Japanâ€"Korea Treaty of 1905 and the country was
indirectly ruled by the Japanese through the Resident-General of
Korea. Japan formally annexed Korea in 1910 in the Japanâ€"Korea
Treaty of 1910, without the consent of Gojong, the regent of the
Korean Emperor Sunjong. The Japanese Empire had established the Korean
Peninsula as a colony of Japan administered by the General Government
based in KeijÅ (Gyeongseong) which governed Korea with near-absolute
power.Japanese rule prioritized Korea's Japanization, accelerating
industrialization started by the Gwangmu Reform, building public
works, and fighting the Korean independence movement. The public works
included developing railroads (Gyeongbu Line, Gyeongui Line, Gyeongwon
Line, etc.) and improving major roads and ports that supported
economic development, and Korea had an average GNP growth rate of 4.2%
during the 25 years between 1912 and 1937.Japanese rule over Korea
ended on 15 August 1945 upon the Surrender of Japan in World War II,
and the armed forces of the United States and the Soviet Union
occupied the territory. The Division of Korea separated the Korean
Peninsula under two governments and economic systems with the northern
Soviet Civil Administration and the southern United States Army
Military Government in Korea. In 1965, the Treaty on Basic Relations
between Japan and South Korea declared the unequal treaties between
Japan and Korea, especially 1905 and 1910, were "already null and
void" at the time of their promulgation. Japanese rule remains
controversial in modern-day North Korea and South Korea and its
negative repercussions continue to affect these countries, including
the industrialization plan to solely benefit Japan, the exploitation
of Korean people, the marginalization of Korean history and culture,
the environmental exploitation of the Korean Peninsula, and the status
of Japanese collaborators known as Chinilpa.
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