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During the period of Japanese imperial rule ( 1910 – 1945 ), free speech and the press were restricted, thus influencing the literature of the time.

Many expressions of the late Joseon period, with their focus on self-reliance and independence, were no longer possible.

Ernest Bethel's Taehan Maeil Shinbo ( 大韓每日申報 ) provided for Korean writers a brief opportunity of artistic expression free from censorship, from July 1904 till May 1909, but after control of the paper was seized by the Government-General uncensored Korean publishing became impossible.