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Presidential committee unveils list of Japanese collaborators
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- A presidential committee on Friday unveiled a list of 704 Korean people that it says collaborated with Japan during the late years of the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The list covers some renowned figures from academic, educational, artistic and media circles who were allegedly involved in pro-Japanese activities between 1937-45, said the Presidential Committee for the Inspection of Collaborations for Japanese Imperialism (PCIC).
Kim Sung-soo, founder of South Korea's major daily Dong-a Ilbo, Bang Eung-mo, former chairman of Chosun Ilbo, and George Paik, former president of Yonsei University, are among the people newly classified as Japanese collaborators, the PCIC said.
All told, the committee has published a list of 1,005 Japanese collaborators, as it already designated 301 figures as pro-Japanese during the early and middle periods of the colonial rule.
Former President Park Chung-hee was not included in the government-compiled list, though the conservative late president was listed as a Japanese collaborator in a separate report published recently by a liberal civic group.
The PCIC was launched in 2005 to examine collaborators who helped the Japanese regime exploit their compatriots and even root out the independence movement before and during the period. It will wrap up its mission on Nov. 30.
The Korean Peninsula was annexed by the Japanese imperial government in 1910 but achieved independence at the end of World War II.
The issue of exposing collaborators has been a hot potato for over half a century in South Korea.
brk@yna.co.kr
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