'Controversy over Collaboration with Japan' — Is Ha Young Watching?... Lee Jang-won's 100-Year-Old Grandfather Recalls "Forced Conscription by Japan" [Same Bed Different Dreams2][ByeolbyeolTV]

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'Same Bed Different Dreams2' — Lee Jang-won's grandfather recalled painful memories from the Japanese colonial period.

On the 1st, SBS's 'Same Bed Different Dreams2: You Are My Destiny' revealed the life of living with a 100-year-old grandfather alongside Lee Jang-won and Bae Da-hae. Lee Jang-won's grandfather, Lee Hyun-seop, was born in 1926, making him 11 years older than actress Kim Young-ok.

"I entered first grade in 1933," he recalled. "But the Korean language textbook disappeared, so I learned only in Japanese. My surname changed. Japan tried to send Korean youths to war. There was a volunteer system, but when that didn't work, they eventually conscripted Koreans as well. Once you turned 20, you were forcibly drafted into the army."

Reflecting on the liberation of 1945, Lee Hyun-seop said, "I wondered how liberation would unfold. At first, we heard only about Japan's surrender. But within a day or two, everyone came out onto the streets, shouting 'Long live Korea' and celebrating. I felt something was changing." He expressed the joy of liberation.

He even added, "Afterward, the Korean Provisional Government Committee was established. Kim Il-sung appeared and claimed he had liberated Korea himself, saying he would turn South Korea into a good country under the Communist Party." His vivid account of the complex social atmosphere before the outbreak of the Korean War drew attention.

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