Introduction Chinilpa (Korean: 친일파, lit. “pro-Japan faction”) is a derogatory Korean language term that denotes ethnic Koreans who collaborated with Imperial Japan during the protectorate period of the Korean Empire from 1905 and its colonial rule in Korea from 1910 to 1945 (refer to World War II). The term is distinct from ji-ilpa (Hangul: 지일파;… Read More