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The Korean Press in Occupied Japan

This guide assists you to find the materials published by the Korean press during the early years of Occupation of Japan (1945-1949), housed in the Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries.

HOW TO SEARCH AND ACCESS MAGAZINES PUBLISHED BY THE KOREAN PRESS

There are 13,799 magazine titles in the Prange Collection.  The entire magazine collection has been microfilmed, and they are available at several locations, including the National Diet Library of Japan (NDL). For a list of other institutions that also hold a set of the microfiche, see this page.  

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Visit this page for searching and accessing the magazines. 

The inventory below was created by the Prange Collection staff.  NOTE: The list is not complete and is subject to change without notice.  The copyright of the inventory remains to the Prange Collection.  The inventory may be used for research purpose only.  If you have any questions, please contact us.   

EXAMPLES OF MAGAZINES (Click image to enlarge)

Choren bunka/朝聯文化 (Call No. C156)  
Holdings: 1巻1号(1946年4月)-2輯(1946年10月)
Published by 在日本朝鮮人連盟中央総本部文化部

 

 

 

Hakumin/白民 (Call No. H123.1) 
Holdings: 2巻1号(1948年2月)
Published by 白民社/Hakuminsha

 

 

 

Korai Bungei/高麗文芸 (Call No. K1695) 
Holdings: 9,10号(1946年7月)
Published by 高麗文芸社/Korai Bungeisha

 

 

Orini tsushin/어린이通信(子ども通信)(Call No. O120) 
Holdings: 1巻1号(1946年7月)-1巻8号(1946年10月)
Published by 在日本朝鮮人連盟中央総本部

 

 

 

Other example magazines titles are : 自由朝鮮経済文化青年朝聯文化朝鮮新民報