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A discourse on The Japanese Empire’s destruction of official records : Focusing on the persistence of the records of Government-General of Chosen held by the National Archives of Korea

  • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
  • 2021, (67), pp.205-236
  • DOI : 10.20923/kjas.2021.67.205
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Archival Studies
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : December 31, 2020
  • Accepted : January 22, 2021
  • Published : January 31, 2021

KyoungYong, YI 1

1한남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the record destruction problem systematically implemented by the Japanese colonial rule during the wartime period, centering on the persistence of the remaining records of GovernmentGeneral of Chosen. It became clearer to recognize the historical probabilities that the decisions made by the Japanese cabinet were carried out on official documents in the same way throughout the empire, including mainland Japan and colonies. It was also confirmed that a system for disposing of records, such as reduction and organization of public documents, and recycling of paper resources, has already been established against the backdrop of the situation where the war spread and the war situation worsened after the late 1930s. In addition, it was attempted to extract the types and characteristics of documents discarded by the Japanese colonial rule through a review of the regulations on handling secret documents of the Government -General of Chosen and the regulations on the police department. At the same time, it was found that various chiefs (subsidiaries) that could know the status of documents to be retained or the status of preservation according to the governmental regulations revealed that there was no single book, and this was directly related to the massive destruction of official documents by the Joseon Governor-General immediately after defeat.

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