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Korean Perceptions of Japan during the Great Han Empire and the Japanese Annexation of Korea

Korea Journal / Korea Journal, (P)0023-3900; (E)2733-9343
2011, v.51 no.4, pp.89-109
https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2011.51.4.89

(2011). Korean Perceptions of Japan during the Great Han Empire and the Japanese Annexation of Korea. Korea Journal, 51(4), 89-109, https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2011.51.4.89
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Abstract

There might have been two ways through which Korea could have maintained independence despite what seemed a fait accompli. First, it could have gotten military assistance by forging an alliance with either Russia or Japan. But setting up an alliance with one side would have created animosity with the other side, thus making a war between Russia and Japan inevitable and colonization of Korea the outcome. The Independence Club stressed the importance of protective neutral status in order for the Great Han Empire to sustain its national sovereignty. The club desired balanced relations between Russia and Japan, but ended up believing that Russia held the greater danger for Korea. Their support of Japan, the United States, and Britain subsequently led to the strengthening of Japanese influence and encouraged a pro-Japanese atmosphere among Koreans. In the process, Japan’s influence grew as it ended up taking a mediating role between the Korean government and the Independence Club, opening the way for the Japanese colonization of Korea.

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Independence Club, Emperor Gojong, Great Han Empire, neutral state, Japan, Russia

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