Japanese Colonial Period
1942년사건
Joseon Language Society Incident
Japan arrested and imprisoned members of the Joseon Language Society, which had been researching and promoting the Korean language, branding it an independence movement organization — revealing one facet of the cultural assimilation policy.
Key developments
- 조선어학회 활동Work of the Language Society
The Korean Language Society standardized Hangul spelling and pushed to compile a Korean dictionary.
- 일제의 탄압Japanese Crackdown
Japan branded the society an independence organization, arresting, imprisoning, and torturing its members.
- 사전 편찬 중단Dictionary Halted
The incident halted work on the Great Korean Dictionary, with part of its manuscript confiscated.
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