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When dlscusslng korean socleLy from around Lhe Lurn of Lhe 20
Lh
cenLury Lo daLe one
musL lnclude Lhe lmpacL of ouLer sources whlch undenlably shaped korea and how lL became
Lhe place lL ls Loday Cne maln ouLer force was Lhe !apanese occupaLlon of korea whlch heavlly
lmpacLed korean socleLy Also when dlscusslng Lhe lmpacL of !apanese occupaLlon one musL
lnclude Lhe lmpacL of World War ll on Lhe !apanese occupaLlon of korea
rlor Lo Lhe 20
Lh
cenLury Asla was lnvolved ln a 1rlbuLary SysLem of governmenL ln
whlch Chlna was Lhe supreme counLry LhaL kepL waLch over Lhe smaller naLlons lnvolved ln Lhe
sysLem (LckerL 923) 1hese lesser naLlons such as korea would ln exchange for proLecLlon and
guldance pay LrlbuLes Lo Chlna and recognlze lL as Lhe superlor CounLry Powever around Lhe
Lurn of Lhe cenLury !apan defeaLed Chlna and broughL an end Lo Lhe 1rlbuLary SysLem and Lhe
old way of governmenL WlLhln korea lLself Lhere was aL Lhls Llme a class sysLem 1here were
peasanLs LhaL dld Lhe ma[orlLy of Lhe hard labor for landlords ln reLurn for houslng and food eLc
Lhen Lhere was Lhe upper class yangban" whlch was consldered Lhe ellLe of korean socleLy and
were consldered superlor slmply by belng born lnLo Lhe clan (LckerL 107131) korea's
governmenL aL Lhe Llme was slmllar Lo Chlna's ln whlch lL had a dynasLy ruler Powever afLer
Lhe Slno!apanese war !apan shlfLed Chlna's sphere of lnfluence over korea Lo lLs own 1he
!apanese also pushed away 8usslan lnfluence over korea afLer Lhe 8usso!apanese war 1hese
Lwo confllcLs allowed !apan unresLrlcLed access Lo korea Lo do whaL lL pleased
!apan Look over korea and made lL a colony ln whlch lL mlllLarlly ruled over uurlng Lhls
oppresslve rule !apan crlppled korean culLure !apan dld Lhls ln several ways whlch koreans Lo
Lhls day sLlll remember and resenL !apan for 1he !apanese forced koreans Lo change Lhelr
names Lo !apanese names and forced koreans Lo learn !apanese and glve up Lhelr old korean
language 1he !apanese forced korean chlldren Lo go Lo !apanese school ln whlch Lhey could
ellmlnaLe all korean ldeals and culLure and force Lhem Lo learn !apanese ones growlng up ln
order Lo geL korean chlldren Lo become more !apanese" ln naLure and LhoughLs (kang 3748)
1here was however some who reslsLed Lhe !apanese LhaL were lnvolved ln Lhe korean
lndependence MovemenL 1hese people aLLempLed nonvlolenL proLesLs buL were puL down
harshly by Lhe !apanese 1he !apanese secreL pollce would punlsh anyone consldered parL of
Lhls movemenL and ofLen puL lnnocenL people behlnd bars ln Lhe process 1hey would LorLure
Lhese people ofLen kllllng Lhem ln aLLempL Lo sLop Lhe movemenL 1hls colonlal rule also
placed !apanese offlclals ln power or korean clLlzens Lhe !apanese LrusLed 1he !apanese also
rellglously lmpacLed korea forclng Lhem Lo glve up Confuclan holldays and pracLlces eLc
forclng Lhem Lo adopL ShlnLo by forclng Lhem Lo worshlp shrlnes and celebraLe ShlnLo holldays
!apan baslcally used korea Lo advance lLself economlcally pollLlcally and also mlllLarlly
A ma[or evenL ln world hlsLory durlng Lhls Llme LhaL greaLly lnfluenced Lhe !apanese occupaLlon
of korea durlng Lhls Llme was World War ll !apan used korea ln many dlfferenL ways Lo ald lLs
lnvolvemenL ln WWll uurlng Lhe ouLbreak of World War ll !apan recrulLed Lhousands of
koreans Lo flghL ln Lhe !apanese army lL also forced hundreds of Lhousands of koreans Lo work
for Lhe !apanese dolng [obs such as bulldlng boaLs ln whlch koreans endured horrlble
condlLlons and hardshlps as well as harsh LreaLmenL from Lhe !apanese (kang 123138) Many
koreans dled under Lhese condlLlons buL all were scarred ln some way even lf noL physlcally
!apanese also Look hundreds of Lhousands of korean woman away from Lhelr homes Lo become
comforL women" 1hls meanL Lhey were sex slaves Lo Lhe !apanese armles ln whlch Lhey were
forced lnLo sexual conLacL wlLh many soldlers a day Many were puL lnLo lllegal sex sLaLlons
close Lo Lhe fronLllnes where Lhey would be physlcally beaLen and mlsLreaLed durlng Lhese vlslLs
from Lhe men whlch scarred many korean women for llfe many of whlch were sLerlllzed by Lhe
slLuaLlon 1hese women were ofLen looked down upon when Lhey dld reLurn home and many
were unable Lo flnd parLners because Lhe men refused conLacL wlLh Lhem afLer whaL Lhey had
been Lhrough Many were unable Lo have chlldren as well and remalned alone for Lhe
remalnder of Lhelr llves some of whlch were cuL shorL from dlseases or some form of
afLermaLh from Lhe !apanese' LreaLmenL whlle belng a comforL woman
Pad lL noL been for World War ll Lhe occupaLlon of !apan over korea may have been
dlfferenL and posslbly less harsh lor lnsLance had Lhere been no war Lhe !apanese would noL
have had Lo recrulL so many korean men lnLo Lhe Army and even lf Lhey dld lf Lhe war hadn'L
sLarLed Lhese recrulLed men would noL have had Lo flghL and dle for Lhe !apanese Also had lL
noL been for World War ll Lhe !apanese would noL have had Lo bulld so many warshlps so
qulckly so Lhey would noL have had Lo Lake so many koreans ouL of Lhelr homes and drag Lhem
many mlles away Lo work ln shlpyards where Lhe work condlLlons were so flerce LhaL many
koreans perlshed durlng Lhls Llme 1haL may noL have occurred and many koreans could have
been spared Also lf World War ll never occurred Lhe !apanese would noL have had Lo Lake
korean women as comforL women 1he !apanese dld Lhls because Lhey wanLed Lo glve Lhe
soldlers some lelsure and relaxaLlon Lo Lake Lhelr mlnds off war and keep Lhelr morale up Pad
World War ll noL occurred Lhey may noL have had Lo do Lhls 1hese korean women would noL
have had Lo be dragged Lo close Lo Lhe fronLllnes where Lhey were savagely mlsLreaLed and
vlolaLed by Lhe soldlers of Lhe !apanese Army Many korean women would noL have had Lo geL
sLerlllzed as a resulL of S1u's eLc and would noL have had Lo be dragged away from Lhelr homes
and Laken mlles away Lo perform Lhese acLs on Lhe !apanese soldlers All ln all lf World War ll
never happened Lhe !apanese occupaLlon over korea would have been very dlfferenL l'm noL
saylng lL would have been beneflclal Lo Lhe koreans or LhaL relaLlons beLween Lhe Lwo would
have been frlendly Lhe !apanese would have sLlll crlppled korean culLure pollLlcs and
economlcs as well as forced Lhelr own culLure on Lhe korean people Powever many koreans
would noL have been scarred by Lhe aLroclLles Lhey lncurred from Lhe !apanese as a resulL of
warLlme efforLs whlch Lhe !apanese forced on Lhe koreans SLlll Loday Lhe koreans have noL
forgoLLen whaL Lhe !apanese dld Lo Lhem durlng Lhe vlclous colonlzaLlon durlng Lhe 20's
Lhrough Lhe 40's and never wlll forgeL World War ll affecLed Lhe enLlre world such LhaL no
oLher confllcL ever has and korea knows Lhls [usL as well as any oLher naLlon durlng LhaL Llme