Once one of the most densely populated places on Earth, Hashima Island powered Japan’s industrial rise through coal mining ...

Hashima Island, also known as Battleship Island, is pictured in this photo provided by Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women's University. [NEWS1] Korea on Tuesday called on Unesco's heritage ...

Battleship Island. It's a fantastic name for an unbelievable place. A place unlike any in the world. A tiny island, once home to 5,259 people with the highest population density in history, abruptly ...

During World War II, Japan seized and exploited Korea's laborers and land. Schools, colleges and public places in Korea were forced to adopt the Japanese language and had to ban the use of Korean.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many abandoned islands around the world have fascinating back stories. Residents were forced to flee due to volcanic eruptions, ...

Piyapan Choopetch's paranormal thriller sees five Thai filmmakers struggle with the after-effects of a location shoot on Hashima, the abandoned Japanese island which inspired the villain's den in ...