The East Foundation Diaspora Project

Digital Media, Aug. 2019

Japanese soldier leads a Korean woman as she fights to provide for her family as a comfort woman.
Korean man traveling to Russia to find new work.
Koreans seeking a new life disembark a ship that traveled from Korea to Cuba.
Disheartened Korean woman watches her brothers travel to China in search of work following the Japanese occupation.
Korean man content with his position in the mines that allows him to provide for his family.
Korean woman wearing a traditional head-covering expresses her sadness at the departure of her family.
Korean woman finds work in Germany as a nurse, much to the chagrin of the German workers who believe she is taking away their job opportunities.
Depiction of the changes that can occur to a Korean man working abroad
Korean sugarcane worker in Hawaii.
Korean worker resting against a henequen plant that he harvests in Mexico.
Japanese soldier kicks down a door of a Korean home during Japanese occupation.
Korean man excitedly waves the Korean flag following the Japanese evacuation.