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일제 강제동원으로 앞서 떠난 이들을 기리며
Remembering Those Who Fell to Japan's Mobilization Imperial Japan incessantly committed acts of aggression and war. Near its collapse, it struggled from a chronic shortage of supplies from prolonged war as the Second Sino-Japanese War extended into the Pacific War. Consequently, its colony Joseon (Korea) came to serve as a logistics base for Japan's war operations. In April 1938, Japan proclaimed the National Mobilization Law and set out to organize a full-scale mobilization system. The proclaimed law was a fundamental one concerning wartime control which allowed Japan to most effectively demonstrate its might by mobilizing resources for war from not only mainland Japan, but its colonies and other areas it occupied. Based on this law, Japan enacted and proclaimed other related ordinances to requisition Korean labor such as the National Conscription Ordinance (1939), proclamation of the conscription of Koreans (1943), Women's Voluntary Labor Ordinance (1944), Student Labor Mobilization Ordinance (1944), and National Labor Mobilization Ordinance (1945). Disobeying or evading compliance with such ordinances was an offence that could be sentenced to less than three years of imprisonment or a fine of less than 5,000 yen.
Lee Hee-ja (Co-representative, Council for the Promotion of Reparations for Pacific War Victims)
일제 강제동원 문제 해결을 위한 노력과 과제
Challenges to the Issue of Japanese Forced Mobilization History has so far been a realm only for experts, but I believe now is the time to search for different ways to raise historical awareness and make history a more familiar subject to the public. Nowadays, I'm preoccupied with how remains from the Asia-Pacific War can be used to familiarize people with history and help local governments or individuals develop an interest in preserving history. That is why I've been turning my attention toward creating and distributing cultural content based on the eight thousand or so sites related to the history of forced mobilization scattered across Korea so that more Koreans may take an interest in objectively, healthily approaching history. For this purpose, the book "Using Asia-Pacific War Remains in Our Region: Methods and Examples" was published last month.
Hong Myeon-ki (Research fellow, NAHF Research Institute of Korea-China Relations)
중국 산동 지역의 동이
Dongyi of Shandong, China What does Dongyi (東夷) mean to Koreans? After first appearing in bronze inscriptions from the Western Zhou period, mentions of Dongyi resurfaced in the Chinese classics Houhanshu (History of the Later Han Dynasty) and Sanguozhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms). Based on the time and range of activities, scholars consider mentions about Dongyi from the Western Zhou period as reference to the pre-Qin Dongyi while those in Chinese classics as reference to the Eastern Dongyi, which include the people of Buyeo, Koguryo, East Okjeo, Eumnu, Ye, Han, and Wa. Korean scholars have long been questioning what links the two Dongyi because of their direct relation to the ethnic identity of Koreans. However, not as many publications about Dongyi have been released by experts so far in Korea.
Park Sun-mi (Research fellow, NAHF Research Institute of Korea-China Relations)
조선통신사의 시작
The Beginning of Joseon Tongsinsa Joseon Tongsinsa refers to diplomatic missions the king of the Korean kingdom Joseon officially sent to the chief ruler of Japan. How did Tongsinsa begin and what role did it perform as relations between the two countries went through change? The year of 2019 will mark the 590th year since the first Tongsinsa mission was sent in 1429, so this series called Tongsinsa Stories will review Joseon Tongsinsa as a cultural delegation representative of the Korean dynasty's diplomatic history with Japan.
Youn You-sook (Research fellow, NAHF Institute of Japanese Studies)
NAHF News The Northeast Asian History Foundation (NAHF) participated in the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference that took place at Washington D. C. between March 22 and 25 of 2018. NAHF organized a special session where presentations and discussions were carried out under the theme "Rethinking Geopolitics and Collective Identity in the Age of Ming-Qing Transition Period: A Historical Perspective" in order to develop research methodologies that can objectively approach Northeast Asian international relations and cross-examine the history of such relations from a Korean rather than a Sinocentric view. NAHF Research fellow Lee Jeong-il, Doctor Thomas Quartermain of Oxford University, Doctor Lee Sun-ae of Korea University, and Professor Park Sae-young of Leiden University presented their papers with Professor Adam Bohnet of King's University College at Western University, Ontario serving as chair. This special session provided a chance to learn international trends and suggest new directions for researching the history of Northeast Asian international relations. NAHF will continue to conduct de-Sinocentric studies on the history of Northeast Asian relations and seek ways to constantly share its research findings with experts overseas.
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