SAPIO (October 2013): Before Annexation, Korea Was a “Primitive Country” With No Money, No Schools, and Full of Excrement (English PDF)

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Masanori Mizuma uses records and photographs from the late Joseon era to show what Korea looked like before Japanese annexation, and how roads, schools, money and sanitation were built during Japanese rule. First published in SAPIO, October 2013. English edition, PDF, with a link to the Japanese original.

SAPIO 2013年10月号「『お金』も『学校』もなく街は糞尿だらけ―日本併合前の朝鮮は“原始の国”だった」の英語版。併合前の朝鮮の実態と、日本統治下で整備されたインフラを当時の記録・写真で検証。著：水間政憲。日本語原本リンク付き。PDF。