The organization has since put significant effort in documenting people or groups that collaborated with the Japanese in committing human rights abuses.

Despite being made hastily, the exhibitions received a highly positive reception, with some even being shown in Pyongyang, North Korea.

[5] However, the group's stance against collaborators put it at odds with the previous conservative governments in South Korea.

[1][5] Kang, Lee, and Kim noted that South Korean conservatives are generally considered to portray the Japanese colonial period in a more positive light.

Park Chung Hee, a landmark conservative president in South Korean history, features prominently in the CHTJ's displays on collaborators with the Japanese.