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The document summarizes how Japan annexed Korea in the early 20th century through gradual political and military domination. It began with the 1876 Japan-Korea Treaty granting Japan trade rights. Japan then installed a puppet government in Korea in the 1880s. After defeating China in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War and Russia in the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, Japan tightened its control over Korea through treaties in 1905 and 1907 that made Korea a Japanese protectorate. In 1910, Japan officially annexed Korea through the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, arresting hundreds of dissenters. Though Japan tried to assimilate Koreans, they maintained their separate identity and celebrated national independence day on March 1

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Mozaffar Fahim

The document summarizes how Japan annexed Korea in the early 20th century through gradual political and military domination. It began with the 1876 Japan-Korea Treaty granting Japan trade rights. Japan then installed a puppet government in Korea in the 1880s. After defeating China in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War and Russia in the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, Japan tightened its control over Korea through treaties in 1905 and 1907 that made Korea a Japanese protectorate. In 1910, Japan officially annexed Korea through the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, arresting hundreds of dissenters. Though Japan tried to assimilate Koreans, they maintained their separate identity and celebrated national independence day on March 1

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TOPIC – HOW DID THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN

ANNEX KOREA .?
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Step by step annexation
• Final stage of annexation
• Outcome
• Independence and consequences BY- MOZAFFAR FAHIM

BA (H) KOREAN [2nd YEAR]

JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI


• The history of South Korea and North Korea was deeply
intertwined with the Japanese empire . Korea had long ties to
its neighboring countries but by the start of 20th century its
INTRODUCTION bond with Japan was becoming more and more one sided and
not in the favor of Korea. The Japan-Korea treaty was signed
in1876 as Korea began its pull away from China.
• The goal of this treaty was to grant Japan new trade rights
with Korea , opening three ports and also giving Japanese
nationals in Korea , extra territorial rights.

JAPAN-KOREA TREATY
1876
STEP BY STEP ANNEXATION
• Many Korean people were not pleased by the uneven treaty and this lead to a
bloody revolt by 1882. The situation resolved in the favor of Japan and two
years later , The Japanese Empire paired up with the Korean progressive party
that resulted in the establishment of a Japanese puppet government.
• In the spring of 1894 the Donghak peasant revolution had broken out and the
contemporary government of Korea reached out to China . This time for the
help for putting down the rebellion.
• The Japanese who still had their eyes set on Korea , saw this as a perfect excuse
to interlope. Their strategy was to accuse their neighbors of breaching the
Convention of Tientsin and thus launch an allegedly justified military
intervention to counteract China.
• This triggered the first Sino-Japanese war , which was ultimately be won by
Japan. The treaty to end the clash allegedly secured the full autonomy and
independence of Korea. Now Japan was in the perfect position to play puppet
master.

• After successfully defeating their only viable rival in the region with the
Russo-Japanese war, Japan now aimed to install some serious changes
throughout Korea ranging even as far establishing the ‘Union of Military
arms’ and replacing Korean government officials with Japanese citizens.
• The ‘Eulsa Treaty of 1905’, turned the newly autonomous Korean into a
protectorate of the Japanese Empire. This uneven agreement also drastically
stripped Korea of its military, might abandoning all garrisons outside of
Seoul and cut the manpower of the Korean army from 20,000 to 1000.
1ST SINO-JAPANESE WAR
• When Emperor Gojong attempted to send envoys to
the 2nd Peace conference in the Hague , Japan use this
as an excuse to tighten their hold on Korea as a whole
and thus in the summer of 1907, Japan forced the
. Korean ruler out of his position and ensured that he be
replaced by Emperor Sunjong.
• Now Japan’s resident General in Korea had total
authority to choose all high ranking officials within
the Korean government and all of his picks were
Japanese not Korean.
EMPEROR GOJONG
FINAL STAGE OF
ANNEXATION
• In august of 1910 , Japan officially annexed Korea. This was
accomplished through one more treaty known as the ‘ Japan-
Korea annexation treaty’ .
• Its eight articles laid out the final pieces of the foundation
needed to give Japan full rule over Korea.
• In the first Year, Japanese authorities arrested hundreds of
dissenters and opponents. Some sources believe roughly 700
people were thrown into prison and many more were tortured .
JAPAN-KOREA ANNEXATION TREATY
OUTCOME
• Korean culture was plundered. Shinto shrines that were originally built for the masses of
Japanese immigrants to Korea soon become mandatory places of worship for everyone.
• Korea’s first governor general had been working to pass new land reforms which helped
incoming Japanese settlers obtain land while a multitude of Koreans were forced to become
tenant farmers on their own land as their ownership shifted.
• At first Korean were barred to from adopting the Japanese surnames by the start of World war
II , this officially shifted. Now according to new policy Koreans have to adopt Japanese names.
• In 1919 , the March 1st movement brought together around 2 millions
INDEPENDENCE Koreans who hoped for an independent Korea.
AND • It started when 33 cultural and religious leaders read a “proclamation of
CONSEQUENCES Independence” that they had written and signed while other read that
document aloud in demonstrations across the country.
• After the Second world war Japan was split into two supposedly-
temporary zones, occupied by the Americans in South and the Soviets
in the North.
• Today, South Korea still celebrates March 1 st as national holiday,
remembering the people’s resistance to the Japanese annexation. And
despite many efforts made by the Japanese Empire to assimilate
Koreans and erase their own identity , Now Koreans are still Koreans
MARCH 1ST MOVEMENT
with their own culture , language and history.
THANK YOU
감사합니다

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