Government-General of Korea

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The Government-General of Korea was the Japanese colonial administration that ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945, overseeing political control, economic exploitation, and cultural assimilation under imperial Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese colonial administration ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Korea ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility cultural assimilation of Koreans ⓘ
economic exploitation of Korea ⓘ
political control of Korea ⓘ
capital Keijō ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
colonialPower Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
continent Asia ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
country Korea ⓘ
currency Korean yen ⓘ
dissolvedAsAResultOf Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
endTime 1945-09-09 ⓘ
establishedAsAResultOf Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty ⓘ
executiveBody Office of the Governor-General ⓘ
firstLeader Terauchi Masatake ⓘ
followed Korean Empire ⓘ
governmentType authoritarian colonial administration ⓘ
military government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Korean Peninsula ⓘ
headquartersLocation Government-General Building, Keijō ⓘ
historicalPeriod Japanese rule in Korea ⓘ
lastLeader Abe Nobuyuki ⓘ
legislativeBody Government-General Council ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
notableEvent March 1st Movement suppression ⓘ
annexation of Korea by Japan ⓘ
implementation of Sōshi-kaimei policy ⓘ
notablePolicy Japanization of education ⓘ
conscription of Koreans into Japanese military ⓘ
cultural assimilation policy ⓘ
forced labor mobilization ⓘ
industrialization under Japanese control ⓘ
land survey project ⓘ
suppression of Korean language ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
officialLanguage Japanese ⓘ
Korean ⓘ
opposedBy Korean independence movement ⓘ
parentOrganization Japanese Government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan
partOf Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
replacedBy Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ
United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
significantBuilding Government-General Building in Seoul ⓘ
startTime 1910-10-01 ⓘ
usedLegalSystem Japanese law ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jirō Minami → government → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
USAMGIK → follows → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Government-General Building → occupant → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Imperial Ordinances of Japan → usedIn → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Government-General Building in Seoul → builtBy → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Minami Jirō → associatedWith → Japanese colonial government in Korea ⓘ
linked to: Government-General of Korea
Joseon Chongdokbu Cheongsa → administeredBy → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Japanese Resident-General’s Office → followedBy → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Gyeongseong → topLevelAdministrativeUnit → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Keijō → adminCenterOf → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Government-General Council → partOf → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Government-General Council → legislativeBodyFor → Government-General of Korea ⓘ
Yeongdodaegyo → originalBuilder → Government-General of Korea (Japanese colonial administration) ⓘ
linked to: Government-General of Korea