Ch 34 - The Colony

 Korea's Prime Minister collaborated in the annexation of Korea and signed the annexation agreement with Japan.  The Japanese forced the abdication of the King, ended the Yi Dynasty, and took control of Korea under the new regime of a military governor-general.  Japanese efforts to subordinate Korea in thought, word and deed led to striking measures designed to forever erase Korea's heritage.  Japanese merchants and industry began an expanded "economic" invasion of Korea.  Thousands of Koreans joined anti-Japanese guerilla movements in northern Korea, southern Manchuria and the Russian Maritime Territory as Japan proceeded to exploit the Korean economy and its natural resources to support its continued economic growth.

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