Timeline of Imposing Forced Mobilization
The ‘Army Special Volunteer Ordinance’ promulgated and enforced (Apr. 3) [Soldier]
The ‘Full National Mobilization Act’ established and promulgated in Korea (May 3), enforced (May 5) [Common]
Public notification (for voluntary labor by students) issued by administrative superintendent [Labor]
Implementation guidance for the Patriotic Labor Corp announced [Labor]
The Patriotic Labor Corp formed in each middle school in Daegu [Labor]
The ‘Ordinance for School Graduate Hiring Limitation’ promulgated and enforced [Common]
The ‘Joseon Occupational Capability Reporting Ordinance’ enacted and enforced [Common]
The National Registration System initiated [Common]
The ‘National Draft Ordinance’ enacted and enforced (Jul. 15) and applied to Joseon, Sakhalin, and South Sea Islands (Oct. 1) [Common]
Public notification (for moving of Joseon laborers to Japan) issued [Labor]
Labor corp. departed to exploit South Sakhalin from Anseong [Labor]
Joseon civilian workers in the military dispatched for the Japanese army in China [Civilian labor in the military]
Joseon Patriotic Agricultural Youth Corp. dispatched [Labor]
The ‘National Draft Ordinance’, the ‘National Occupational Capability Reporting Ordinance’ amended and promulgated [Common]
The ‘Crewmen Draft Ordinance’ enforced [Common]
The ‘Navy Factory Worker Conscription Regulation’ promulgated [Civilian labor in the military]
The ‘National Patriotic Labor Ordinance’ promulgated [Common]
Civilian workers in the navy of the ‘Patriotic Work Group’ determined for dispatch to southern region of China [Civilian labor in the military]
The cabinet decision to implement the conscription system [Soldier]
Hiring of Joseon civilian workers for the military to watch the US and UK prisoners of war announced [Civilian labor in the military]
3,223 Joseon prisoner-of-war guards enlisted to the Noguchi unit located in Busan [Civilian labor in the military]
Guide for recruiting the Patriotic Work Corp. announced by the Japanese General Government in Joseon, recruitment from all over Joseon [Civilian labor in the military]
The first round of civilian workers in the military of 3,223 Joseon people departed for southern region of China [Civilian labor in the military]
The ‘Interim Special Ordinance for Student Draft Delay’ promulgated for students enrolled in special high school or higher education [Soldier]
Aviation factory workers mobilized by the Joseon General Government (expand from the Korean Peninsula to include Japan) [Civilian labor in the military]
4,293 Joseon people in Japan mobilized as civilian workers for the navy [Civilian labor in the military]
Interim draft physical examination for students of special high school or higher education [Soldier]
Japanese students going to war (student volunteers) [Soldier]
Joseon people registered in Japan for conscription enrollment [Soldier]
The conscription system announced [Soldier]
Civilian workers in the military recruited by the Joseon General Government for southern region in China [Civilian labor in the military]
The ‘Guide for Marching Training’, announced by the Central Concordia Association, to train Joseon people in Japan to prepare for conscription with the training to follow for the people for conscription
The ‘National Draft Ordinance’ amended to apply general draft to Joseon people [Civilian labor in the military]
The ‘Navy Special Volunteer Ordinance’ promulgated for the ‘Navy Volunteer Training Camp Administration Imperial Order’ [Soldier]
The ‘Navy Special Volunteer Enforcement Regulation’ promulgated and enforced (Aug. 1) [Soldier]
The ‘Military Service Act Amendment’ enforced (enforcement of conscription) [Soldier]
Interim hiring regulation for army special volunteer (for student volunteer) [Soldier]
The Joseon Student Volunteer System enforced with the announcement of the ‘Amended Regulation for Army Special Volunteer Interim Hiring’ and the ‘Enlistment Delay for Continued Study’ [Soldier]
Application for student volunteer accepted (physical examination for conscription conducted from Dec. 11 to Dec. 20) [Soldier]
Student volunteer enlisted [Soldier]
Regular draftees recruited for civilian laborers in the military by the ‘National Draft Ordinance’ placed in military supply factory on the Korean Peninsula [Civilian labor in the military]
Voluntary enlistment repealed for the enforcement of conscription system with training camps shut down and repurposed as an alternate military training camp to provide training for the enforcement of conscription system [Soldier]
Physical examination conducted for the first round of conscription (~ Aug. 20, 1944) 2,260 Joseon people in Japan conscripted [Soldier]
The ‘Student Mobilization Headquarter’ regulation promulgated [Labor]
350 factory workers under punishment in Gyeongsangbuk-do sent after 3-week training [Civilian labor in the military]
[The ‘Women’s Work Ordinance’ [Labor]
Regular draftees, recruited for civilian workers in the military under the ‘National Draft Ordinance’, sent to military supply factories in Japan [Civilian labor in the military]
‘The Student Work Ordinance’ promulgated [Labor]
Physical examination for the second round of conscription conducted (~May 1945) [Soldier]