Figure 2.--Older Korean boys wear military-style uniforms, similar to those worn by Japanese boys. This photograph was taken in 1972. At the time, the cadet uniforms were still very common. |
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Boys in the 1970s wore military cadet uniforms as in Japan. I noticed this at secondary schools, but we also see primary children wearing these caset uniforms. They look to be the same style cadet uniforms worn in Japan. Japan held Korea as a colony for several decades (1909-45). This shows the very significant Japanese influence in Korean education. This seems to have been almost universal during the Japanese colonial era. I think it might have been a Japanese regulation. These uniforns continued even after liberation at the end of World War II. Nor or we sure if this is still the case today. As best we can tell, many schools have adopted new uniforms. This seems to be done at the discression of each individual school. Many primary schools have adopted entirely new styles. And manyb secondary schools have shifted to British styles like ties and blazers. We do not know to what extent the cadet uniforms are still worn in Korea.
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