With the development into full-scale war of Japanese continental invasion since the Manchurian Incident, and the mergence of such discussions as One sin-Korea, New East-Asia order, and East Asia co-prosperity league, many pro-Japanese Koreans crossed ...
With the development into full-scale war of Japanese continental invasion since the Manchurian Incident, and the mergence of such discussions as One sin-Korea, New East-Asia order, and East Asia co-prosperity league, many pro-Japanese Koreans crossed the board into Manchu and China, riding on the force of Japanese invasion.
This investigation, therefore, is to look into the activities of pro-Japanese abroad around the time of Sino-Japan war and the Pacific War after the Manchu incident. To this end, the fact finding survey was carried out, collecting specific data about the activities of pro-Japanese Korean then, focusing on their real image and logic.
As for collecting and arranging the data, 1)the index of news papers articles of『ManSeon daily』was searched through. Being one of the main Korean Newspapers that was published during the time of Sino-Japan war,『ManSeon daily』provided basic data about the reality of Korean society then. 2)Considering that fact that there lived Koreans in northeast area of China, experiencing the reality at first hand, the investigation relies on their testimony recordings about the activities of pro-Japanese Koreans then. So it was thought that listening to them who now have turned into senior Koreans could provide valuable clues to vivid understanding of the reality of Korean people in Manchu then. 3)It was also attempted to organize general data about Koreans abroad and pro-Japanese Koreans as a way to look into their lives in general, hoping to make use of new data that haven’t been available of existing data.
Having completed the index work of the articles of『ManSeon daily』, it is now in the process of proofreading before being publicized before long. The verbal recordings took place twice in the local settings and the amount of 50hours’ vocal and image recordings was collected. And the interpretation and input of the collection is completed and it will be publicized soon after its proofreading. Having secured 12 volumes of general information about Koreans through twice visits to local settings and cooperation with local experts in the field, they are under editing, and the resultant works will soon be publicized.
On the other hand, 11 research workers investigated「activities of pro-Japanese abroad during the time of Japanese invasion」for the 1st year. And for the 2nd year, the researchers carried out joint investigation into「the participation of pro-Japanese in the war and their logic of their actions」which includes a wide range areas such as economic growth of Koreans abroad, pro-Japanese Korans’ logic, the reality of pro-Japanese organizations in the area of Shanghai, Tianjin of mainland China, the activities of musicians and film directors, Korean war criminals, and the process of becoming pro-Japanese Koreans in the area of Fukui in Japan. Some of the research has already publicized or under review to be publicized in academic papers and each paper is planned to be publicized in a series by single volume.
To this end, the investigation includes the index work of the articles of『ManSeon daily』, testimonial recordings of senior Koreans who lived in the north east regions of China, the collection of data about and investigation into the general situations of Koreans abroad. And it is fair to say that there has been made some progress in data collecting and investigation despite of the emergence of some problems on the way.
As for the data collecting, it is thought to be necessary to seek some cooperation with some organizations of the government for extensive studies in the areas Manchu, North area, and East Asia which were occupied by Japan then. As for the vocal recordings, it is necessary to find out more senior whose testimonies help expand the investigation into others areas, focusing on the major cities of North East of China. And it is also necessary to expand into other Newspapers, magazines let alone 『Manse Daily』for the collection of basic data.