In 1897 king Gojong named himself the emperor of the empire of Korea. This change was made to reflect a status more equal to the neighbouring superpowers, as an attempt to modernize the country, and ultimately to assert its independence. It lasted 13 years until the official annexation of Korea into the empire of Japan in 1910, but its power had already been largely stripped in 1904-1905 by the unfavorable Eulsa treaty.
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In 1897 king Gojong named himself the emperor of the empire of Korea. This change was made to reflect a status more equal to the neighbouring superpowers, as an attempt to modernize the country, and ultimately to assert its independence. It lasted 13 years until the official annexation of Korea into the empire of Japan in 1910, but its power had already been largely stripped in 1904-1905 by the unfavorable Eulsa treaty.
“Nay, I oathed it. “