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A Comparative Study of the Korean, Japanese and Manchurian Railway Policy during the Japan Colonial Period

한국, 일본, 만주의 철도현황 비교연구 -1920년대 중반 일제강점기를 중심으로-

  • Lee, Yongsang (Department of Railroad Management, Woosong University) ;
  • Chung, Byunghyun (Department of Transportation & Logistics, Woosong University)
  • Received : 2015.02.04
  • Accepted : 2015.03.06
  • Published : 2015.04.30

Abstract

At the end of the 19th and in the early 20th centuries, Japan, Korea, and Manchuria, and areas throughout East Asia, suffered a number of cycles of growth and development, for which the railway was a very important development tool and was closely associated with national policy. East Asian affairs, especially at the time, seemed very important to the continent, and their influence on the advance of this remarkable era was especially prominent in Japan. In the midst of this period, the national railway may have evolved under national policy and railway policy and under a variety of organizations and persons of influence. In this paper, we have tried to find the similarities and differences among the three countries that built the East Asia Railway; we consider the characteristics of the East Asia Railway from the perspectives of these three countries. Comparing the characteristics of the three country's railways, first, Japan had the motives of continental expansion and modernization in its pursuit of the railway; in Korea, the railway played the role of a continental rail link; and in Manchuria there was a tendency to pursue direct domination of the railway. Second, the Japanese applied their railway model to Korea; the Korean railway may have been in operation, but it was an extension of the railway of Japan. The railway in Manchuria showed a similar pattern to that which can be found in the state of Asian domination of Europe ; Japan showed aspects of dominance over the railway because it had experience running a private railway.

19세기 말부터 20세기 초중반에 걸쳐 동아시아 한국, 일본, 만주는 여러 가지 성장과 발전과정을 겪었는데, 그 중 철도는 매우 중요한 발전수단이었고 국가의 정책과 밀접한 관련을 가지고 있었다. 특히 당시 동아시아 정세는 일본의 대륙진출이 두드러진 시대로 그 영향력이 매우 컸다고 할 수 있다. 그러한 가운데에서도 각국의 철도는 국가정책과 철도정책 그리고 다양한 조직과 영향력 하에서 발전하였다고 할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 동아시아 3개국의 철도를 비교하면서 공통점과 차이점을 발견하고 이를 통해 동아시아 철도의 특징을 고찰하고자 하였다. 한국, 일본, 만주철도의 각각의 특징을 비교해 보면 첫째 일본은 철도를 통한 근대화와 대륙진출의 동기를 가지고 있었고 조선은 대륙철도연결을 수행하는 역할 그리고 만주의 경영은 철도를 통해 직접 지배하는 양상을 보였다고 할 수 있다. 두 번째로 일본철도의 모델을 그대로 우리나라에 적용하였는데, 이는 우리나라의 경우 일본의 연장선상에서 철도가 운영되었다고 할 수 있다. 만주 철도의 경우 유럽각국의 아시아 지배의 모습에서 발견할 수 있는 비슷한 양상과 일본이 초기 사설철도의 경험을 가지고 있었기 때문에 철도를 통한 지배양상을 보이고 있다.

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