Korea under Japanese rule
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From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen, the Japanese reading of "Joseon".
Japanese marines landing from the Unyo at Yeongjong Island which is near Ganghwa
Battle of Namdaemun in 1907 – Le Petit Journal
General power of attorney to Lee Wan-yong sealed and signed, by the last emperor, Sunjong on 22 August 1910 (융희4년; 隆熙4年)
Terauchi Masatake, the first Governor-General
Korean Empire
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The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea in English and commonly called Taehan Cheguk in Korean, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of
Korea under Japanese rule
…Peasant Revolution. After Japan defeated China in the 1894–1895 First Sino–Japanese War, Joseon became nominally independent and declared the short-lived Korean Empire. Japan defeated Russia in the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, making it the sole regional power. Japan acted quickly to fully absorb Korea. It first made…
Hwangudan in 1906
State funeral of Min Young-hwan who committed suicide in protest of the Eulsa Treaty
Soldiers of the Korean Imperial Army, 1898
KIS Yangmu, the first naval ship of the Imperial Korean Navy