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Kim Jong-han Portrait. 1910s Korea, public domain image.

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Kim Jong-han Portrait. 1910s Korea, public domain image.

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한국어: 김종한 초상中文:金宗漢 肖像English: Kim Jong-han Portrait

In 1897, King Gojong returned to Gyeongun Palace from his refuge at the Russian consulate, proclaiming the Korean Empire. Faced with increasing pressure from Japan on Korea's sovereignty in the aftermath of the Japanese assassination of Queen Min, Gojong hoped to hold off encroachments by declaring Korea a free and independent Empire. The Korean Empire lasted a short time, from the Gwangmu Restoration of 1897 until Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910.

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