During World War II, the Korean Peninsula—under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945—was systematically transformed into a resource extraction and labor mobilization base for Japan’s war machine. Starting in the 1930s, especially after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, Japan intensified its exploitation of Korea. The colonial administration forcibly conscripted hundreds of thousands of Koreans as laborers in mines, factories, and military support roles, and coerced tens of thousands of women into sexual slavery as so-called ‘comfort women.’ Korea’s natural resources—including coal, iron ore, timber, and agricultural products—were extensively extracted and shipped to Japan or frontline battle zones. Under the policy of ‘Naisen Ittai’ (Japan and Korea as One Body), Japan also sought to erase Korean cultural identity by imposing Japanese language education, Shinto worship, and conscripting over 200,000 Korean men into the Imperial Japanese Army or as military auxiliaries. Estimates suggest more than 700,000 Koreans were forced into labor, with tens of thousands perishing under brutal conditions. This systematic plunder of human and material resources not only devastated Korea’s economy and social fabric but also inflicted profound suffering on its people, representing one of the most tragic yet often overlooked chapters of the Asian theater in WWII.
二战期间，朝鲜半岛作为日本帝国的殖民地（1910–1945），成为其战争机器的重要组成部分。自1930年代起，随着日本全面侵华及太平洋战争的爆发，朝鲜半岛被系统性地转化为日军的战备掠夺场。日本殖民当局强制征用大量朝鲜劳动力，包括矿工、工厂工人和‘慰安妇’，用于支持其军事扩张。朝鲜的自然资源——如煤炭、铁矿、粮食和木材——被大规模开采并运往日本本土或前线战场。同时，日本推行‘内鲜一体’政策，试图抹杀朝鲜民族身份，强制推行日语教育与神道教信仰，并征召数十万朝鲜青年加入日军或充当军夫。据估计，超过70万朝鲜人被强征为劳工，其中数万人死于恶劣的工作条件。此外，约20万朝鲜女性被迫成为‘慰安妇’，遭受严重的人道灾难。这种系统性的资源榨取与人力掠夺，不仅严重破坏了朝鲜半岛的经济与社会结构，也给朝鲜人民带来深重苦难，成为二战亚洲战场中被长期忽视却极为残酷的一章。
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