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- possibility to check Qing’s dominance
cf. British navy’s landing / station on small island (1885-7)
Donghak Peasant Movement
. Reform request from common people (farmers, peasants)
. Suppressed harshly by central government
. Qing and Japanese troops in Korea
- (First) Sino-Japanese War
- Taiwan to Japan
. Influence on Kabo reform by government
. against yangban centered power structure and foreign imperialism especially Japanese
Kabo Reform
. 1894-1895
. Pressure from Japan
. Contents: abolishment of social class status system
. Limits and Consequence
- Furious protest
- Murder of Queen Min in 1895
- Rise of Pro Russia group
Rise of Enlightenment Thought
. High interest in (new) west
. Social reforms to political reforms
. Education of people
. KIM Okgyun (1851-1894)
. YU Giljun (1856-1914): Observations on a Journey to the West
. Independence Club
Mounting Aggression from Japan
. Competition between Japan and Russia
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
cf. Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)
. Taft-Katsura Agreement (July 1905)
. Protectorate Treaty between Korean and Japan (1905)
- Assassination of ITŌ Hirobumi by AN Junggeun
Japanese Aggression in Korean Economy
. Land survey; migration of farmers; land registration
. Railroad; telegraph; electricity
. Protecting Japanese fishery industry and fishermen
- Issue of Dokdo / Takeshima
. What is the main purpose? Who is the major beneficiary?
March Frist Movement (1919)
. Independent movement outside Korean peninsula
- Manchuria, Russia, the United States
. Various religious groups: Christianity, Confucianist, Buddhism, Cheondogyo, Daejonggyo…
. Outer influence: Doctrine of “Self-Determination of Nations”
. “Declaration of Independence,” not petition
. Spread nationwide

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