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• 2021/06/23 (Wed) 23:21
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↓ First, a description of the Japan-Korea era in a moment.

Excerpt from the book "Freedom Betrayed" by the 31st and former U.S. President Hoover (1965 ） ：

"I first visited Korea in 1909 to advise Japanese industrialists on engineering. "The people of Korea at that time had nowhere else in Asia. The people of Korea at that time were in the most miserable condition that I had ever seen anywhere in Asia. There was no law and order, many people were starving and had no clothing, supplies, or even a place to live. Sanitation was non-existent, and filth and excrement covered the entire village. Roads were impassable, and there were virtually no facilities for assembly or education. The only thing that could occasionally break the pathetic landscape was a lone tree standing alone. Thieves and outlaws were everywhere.

Only 35 years of Japanese rule followed, but it brought revolutionary improvements in the lives of the Korean people. The Japanese first brought law and order to this unlikely people, building ports, railroads, roads and communications, excellent public facilities, and spectacularly improved homes. They also introduced a sanitation system and introduced better agricultural techniques. They built huge fertilizer factories in North Korea, bringing the people's food supply up to adequate levels. They planted trees and created forests, even on bare mountains, and established systems for people's education and skill development. In no time at all, even the dusty, dirty clothes of dingy colors were replaced by clean, dazzling, colorful garments.

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• 2021/06/23 (Wed) 23:25
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Here's one example that explains why many Korean elders used to say (not publicly anymore) that they were happier under Japan's control. Former US President Hebert Hoover wrote in his book "Freedom Betrayed", completed in 1965:

"I first visited Korea in 1909, to advise some Japanese Industrialists on engineering matters. The Korean people at that time were in the most disheartening condition that I had witnessed in any part of Asia. There was little law and order. The masses were underfed, under-clothed, under housed and under equipped. There was no sanitation, and filth and squalor enveloped the whole countryside. The roads were hardly passable, and there were scant communication or educational facilities. Scarcely a tree broke the dismal landscape. Thieves and bandits seemed to be unrestrained.

During the thirty-five years of Japanese control, the life of the Korean people was revolutionized. Beginning with this most unpromising human material, the Japanese established order, built harbors, railways, roads and communications, good public buildings, and greatly improved housing. They established sanitation and taught better methods of agriculture. They built immense fertilizer factories in North Korea which lifted the people’s food supplies to reasonable levels. They reforested the bleak hills. They established a general system of education and the development of skills. Even dusty, drab and filthy clothing had been replaced with clean bright colors.”

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• 2021/06/23 (Wed) 23:31
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The annexation period is described in detail in the book The New Korea (1926) written by a professor at the University of Chicago at the time, and it was verified by Princeton University in the 2000s that in just 35 years, the Korean population and average life expectancy both doubled due to the introduction of a Japanese medical system, and that economic output in all sectors including agriculture, fishing, forestry, and industry increased 10-fold. In addition, the economic output in all sectors of agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and industry increased tenfold, as verified by Princeton University in the 2000s. They concluded that the economic development model established by Japan was maintained by Koreans after World War II and played an important role in Korea's economic development.
Japan continued to invest 1/3-1/4 of the Japanese taxpayers' money in the Korean peninsula when famine struck in the Tohoku region and many farmers sold their daughters to save their lives.

Professor Atul Kohli of Princeton University confirmed Professor Alleyne Ireland's conviction ("The New Korea", 1926) with the following data in his book "State-Directed Development" (2004):

"The average life span of the Koreans doubled from 23 years in 1910 to 45 years in 1945, and the population doubled from just over 12 million in 1910 to over 25 million in 1945 due to the institution of modern healthcare under the Japanese. Economic output in terms of agriculture, fishery, forestry and industry increased tenfold from 1910 to 1945. The economic development model the Japanese instituted played the crucial role in Korean economic development, a model that was maintained by the Koreans in the post-World War II era"

Again, while famines struck in Northern Japan and many farmers had to sell their daughters to Again, while famines struck in Northern Japan and many farmers had to sell their daughters to reduce the number of mouths they had to feed, Japan continued to invest 1/4 to 1/3 of their own tax money onto the Korean Peninsula.