Sunday, August 29, 2010

Korea Remembers The Horrors Of Japanese Occupation/Annexation


Korean Peninsula Marks 100th Anniversary of Annexation by Japan -- Voice of America

The annexation completed a years-long process by the Japanese effectively making the Korean peninsula a colony. In Seoul people still harbor strong resentment about their one-time colonial masters a century after the event.

A brass band played martial tunes under a tent in pouring rain at a civic event marking the date 100 years ago that Korea formally came under Japanese rule.

Many Asian historians say that was the result of an unfair treaty forced upon the Korean kingdom.

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More News On Korea Remembering The 100th Anniversary Of Japan's Annexation


DPRK, S. Korea urge Japan to apologize, compensate for its colonialist crimes
-- Xinhuanet
100th year of Japan's colonisation -- Straits Times
‘Day of humiliation’ commemorated -- Joong Ang Daily
South Koreans rally against Japan on 100th anniversary of annexation of Korea -- Canadian Press

My Comment: My Godfather is Korean, and he still remembers the brutality of the Japanese, and their disregard for Korean lives.

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