Demonstration of traditional Korean swordsmanship A man clad in traditional Korean military dress demonstrates sword-wielding ...

Ultimately, Joseon was forced to sign the highly unequal, one-sided KoreanJapanese Treaty, or Ganghwa Treaty (1876) with Japan in 1876 under military threat. Subsequently, imperialist powers, ...

Korean-Japanese Treaty of 1876 * The Korean-Japanese Treaty of 1876, commonly known as the Ganghwa Treaty was a highly unequal, one-sided trade treaty signed between Joseon and Japan on February 27, ...