Goyang City Completes Land Register Koreanization Project... Eradicating Japanese Colonial Remnants

Digitization of 136,343 Pages of Old Registers
Korean Language Conversion and Database Construction
Utilized in Various Administrative Tasks Including the Ancestor Land Search System

Goyang Special City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) announced on the 4th that it has successfully completed the Korean language conversion project of the old land (forest land) registers conducted from 2023 to December 2024.

A view of Goyang Special City Hall. Provided by Goyang Special City.

This project was promoted to eliminate the remnants of Japanese colonial rule by converting the old registers created during the Japanese occupation era into a format suitable for the Korean language generation and digitizing them, thereby providing high-quality civil service.

The city carried out the project targeting a total of 136,343 pages of the old register books. The old registers, which are permanent preservation documents, were converted and stored as high-resolution color image files, and then converted into text to build a database (DB).

In this process, land transfer history, owner names, addresses, and other information were converted into Korean, and the advanced database is linked with the Ancestor Land Search System to provide high-quality administrative services.

This project is regarded as a meaningful achievement in eliminating the remnants of Japanese colonial rule in commemoration of Samiljeol (Independence Movement Day). Through the Korean language-converted old registers, it is expected to reflect on historical significance while enhancing the historical value and pride of the local community.

Additionally, by filling the database gap from 1910 to 1975 and providing information suitable for the Korean language generation, the quality of civil services has been improved.

Lee Jae-ran, Director of the Land Information Division, said, “We are pleased to have eliminated the remnants of Japanese colonial rule through this old land register Korean language conversion project and to provide citizens with higher quality land administration services,” adding, “We will continue to make efforts so that citizens can easily access the information they need.”

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