Colonial Korea
When Imperial Japan annexed Korean Empire, making Seoul its colonial capital. While under colonial rule (1910–1945), the city was called Keijō ({lang|ja|京城}}; Korean: 경성; {Kyongsong). Keijo was an urban prefecture (부 府) like present-day Kyoto or Osaka having 2 wards : Keijo itself and Ryozan-gu. The Governor-General Government Building served as the seat of the colonial government of Colonial Korea and was later torn down in 1995.
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General-Government building of Chosēn.
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Seoul Station.
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Seoul City Hall.
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Chosēn Commercial Bank Head Office.
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Gyeongseong (Keijo) Nippo Company Building.
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“The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)