I came after all the hardships… ‘Back to Joseon’ :: Empathy Media Newsis ::

(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Suji Lee = The grand dreams of returnees and early North Koreans who wanted to live a new life in South Korea after liberation cooled in the poor settlement environment and the cold treatment of South Korean society.

The phenomenon of re-immigration from Manchuria and smuggling from Japan, which rapidly increased from the spring to summer of 1946, clearly revealed the fever of building a new nation immediately after liberation and the illusions of ‘nation’ and ‘nation’ that had been fetishized in the midst of rising nationalism.

The book ‘Back to Joseon’ (History Criticism) shows the people who returned to the liberated homeland and the collapsed community.

It is a story about people who were forcibly mobilized or resided overseas from Joseon and returned to Joseon and survived. It deals with the various aspects of life of people who returned to their homeland after hardships, but, contrary to expectations, faced a South Korean society that was suffering from the chaos of liberation.

It introduced the harsh gaze of the local residents, who soon cooled off as housing, rice, and jobs decreased due to the influx of immigrants.

We look at the delicate relationship between the Koreans returning to South Korea and the Japanese leaving here, as well as the dreams and dreams between these three parties, including the US military government that managed and supervised them.

In particular, it talks about how many people suffered due to the wrong judgments and mistakes of the U.S. military government during the repatriation of Japanese people and acceptance of the incoming Koreans.

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