August 15th, 1945

Jeehu (Phoebe) Jeon August 15th, 1945 Video Game Arts & Sciences Integrative Project, Winter 2023 Korea is liberated from the Japanese rule on the exact date of August 15th, 1945, following the end of World War II—it had been a hard time fighting for independence. Japans surrender announcement via the radio was unclear to most Koreans at the time as it used very vague, formal wording. Thus, it was not until the next day or even later that word was spread of their own freedom. The video game, in ...