Kapsin Coup
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The Kapsin Coup, also known as the Kapsin Revolution, was a failed three-day coup d'état that occurred in Korea during 1884. Korean reformers in the Enlightenment Party sought to initiate rapid change
Kim Okkyun
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Kim Okkyun
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Kim Okkyun was a Korean scholar-bureaucrat of the late Joseon period. He was a member of the reformist Gaehwa Party. He served under King Gojong, and actively participated to advance Western European
Kapsin Coup
…Koreans and most were from the yangban class. They were impressed by the developments in Meiji Japan and were eager to emulate them. Its members included Kim Okkyun, Pak Yŏnghyo, Hong Yeong-sik, Seo Gwang-beom, and Philip Jaisohn. The group were all relatively young; Pak Yung-hio came from a prestigious lineage…
Hong Jong-u, the assassin of Kim Okkyun, ca. 1895