Government-General of Chōsen Building at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea c.1956. The Government-General Building was constructed by the Empire of Japan on the site of the Gyeongbokgung complex, the royal palace of the Joseon, and was the largest government building in East Asia. The Government-General Building served as the chief administrative building of Chōsen and the seat of its governor-general in Keijō from 1926 until 1945. It was demolished in 1995. Original Kodachrome slide. Wiki