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Yi Yong-ik
Yi Yong-ik (; 6 January 1854 – 1907) was an official, and politician of the Korean Empire. As an official, Yi was very interested in education. He established Bosung College, which later became Korea University. As an officer he was also a lieutenant general of the Imperial Korean Army. Biography On 6 January 1854, Yi was born in Myongchon County, Hamgyong Province, Joseon. His father, Yi Hak-shin, was an official who passed the civil service exam in 1837. His family was a poor, but Yi learned Chinese characters from Seodang. Before becoming an official, Yi was a peddler. During the Gapsin Coup, Yi took Min Young-ik, who was attacked by the Gaewha factions, to Horace Newton Allen. From this incident, Yi became close with Min Young-ik. In 1882, during Imo Incident he helped Min Young-ik to contact with Empress Myeongseong. After the Imo Incident, Gojong appointed him as Busa of Tanchon. In Tanchon, Yi discovered tremendous amount of golds, which aided the government financiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Ung-nyeol
Yun may refer to: *Yǔn, Chinese name of Xionites, a nomadic tribe of Central Asia *Yun (Chinese name) (云/雲), a Chinese family name *Yun (ancient surname), an ancient Chinese surname *Yeon, or Yun, Korean (or Dutch given name) family name *Yun (Korean surname), or Yoon, Korean family name *Yun (restaurant), in Seoul, South Korea *Yun (Street Fighter), a ''Street Fighter'' character *Yun OS, mobile operation system developed by Alibaba *Yun County, Hubei, in China *Yun County, Yunnan, in China *Yunnan, abbreviated as Yún, province of China *Brother Yun, a Chinese Christian *Arduino Arduino () is an Italian open-source hardware and open-source software, software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardwar ... Yún, a single-board microcontroller *ISO 4217 for Yugoslav Convertible dinar {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imo Incident
The Imo Incident, also sometimes known as the Imo Mutiny, Soldier's riot or Jingo-gunran in Japanese, was a violent uprising and riot in Seoul beginning in 1882, by soldiers of the Joseon Army who were later joined by disaffected members of the wider Korean population. The revolt broke out in part due to King Gojong's support for reform and modernization, as well as the employment of Japanese military advisors.Pratt, Keith L. ''et al.'' (1999). "Imo Incident" in Some sources credit rumors as the spark which ignited violence, where many Korean soldiers were worried by the prospect of incorporating Japanese officers in a new army structure. The trigger for the riot is largely attributed to a reaction about unpaid soldiers wages, who found sand and bad rice in soldiers' rations. At the time, soldiers could be paid in rice as it was used in place of currency. The rioters killed many government officials, destroyed homes of high government ministers and occupied the Changdeokgun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Shenyang, Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Russia had pursued an expansionist policy in Siberia and the Russian Far East, Far East since the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. At the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 1895 had ceded the Liaodong Peninsula and Lüshun Port, Port Arthur to Japan before the Triple Intervention, in which Russia, Germany, and France forced Japan to relinquish its claim. Japan feared that Russia would impede its plans to establish a sphere of influence in mainland Asia, especially as Russia built the Trans-Siberian Railway, Trans-Siberian Railroad, began making inroads in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginseng
Ginseng () is the root of plants in the genus ''Panax'', such as South China ginseng (''Panax notoginseng, P. notoginseng''), Korean ginseng (''Panax ginseng, P. ginseng''), and American ginseng (''American ginseng, P. quinquefolius''), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Ginseng is common in the cuisines and medicines of China and Korea. Ginseng has been used in traditional medicine over centuries, though modern clinical research is inconclusive about its medical effectiveness. There is no substantial evidence that ginseng is effective for treating any medical condition and it has not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat or prevent a disease or to provide a health benefit. Although ginseng is sold as a dietary supplement, inconsistent manufacturing practices for supplements have led to analyses of some ginseng products contaminated with unrelated filler (materials), filler compounds, and its excessive use may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsui & Co
is a Japanese general trading company (Sogo shosha, ''sogo shosha'') and a core member of the Mitsui, Mitsui Group. For much of the post-war period, Mitsui & Co. has been among the largest of the five great ''sogo shosha'' (Mitsui, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi, Itochu, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo, Marubeni) by revenue as well as profits. Mitsui & Co. was established in 1876 by transferring the staff and assets of ''Senshu Gaisha'', a trading company, to the Mitsui Group. It became the largest textile trader in the 19th century, at a time when textiles were the backbone of Economy of Japan, Japan's economy. Around that period, the company expanded into trading raw materials, machinery, and arms, gaining significant influence both economically and politically. Deemed a key component of the pre-war regime in Japan, the company was split up as part of the dissolution of the major Zaibatsu, ''zaibatsu'' in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Several trading comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Lamsdorf
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Lamsdorf (; ; ) was a Russian statesman of Baltic German descent who served as the foreign minister of the Russian Empire from 1900 to 1906, a crucial period which included the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian Revolution of 1905. Early career Lamsdorf was the son of a career officer in the Imperial Russian Army and attended the Page Corps as a youth.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 200-201. As with many other Russian diplomats, he attended the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and began his career as a government bureaucrat in 1866. At the Berlin Congress he was in the retinue of Prince Alexander Gorchakov, the Chancellor of the Russian Empire. In 1884 the young diplomat was present at the meeting of Alexander III of Russia, Wilhelm I of Prussia and Franz Josef of Austria in Skierniewice and Kroměříž. Gorchakov's successor, Nicholas de Giers, singled out Lamsdorf as his protégé and prospective successor. During the 1880s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Collin De Plancy
Victor Émile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy (1853–1924) was a French diplomat, bibliophile and art collector. He was a career French diplomat who served most of his working life in Korea and whose private collection of East Asian art and antiquities went on to form the core of the Korean collection at the Musée Guimet in Paris. Collin de Plancy served for nearly a decade starting in 1884 as French Minister to Korea.Korean Mission ; excerpt, "Treaty and Diplomatic Relations Between Korea and France. Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation dated June 4, 1886." He was the first French Minister to Korea and published three volumes of "Joseon Seoji" while working as a French diplomat in Joseon. He was the first foreigner to recognize the historical value of Jikji and introduce it to the world through the Exposition Universelle of 1900. At the suggestion of Victor Collin de Plancy, Emperor Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty participated in the Exposition and made Joseon's history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gungnaebu
Kungnaebu () was a government office of Joseon and the Korean Empire in charge of affairs related to the royal House of Yi. In the government organization during the Joseon Dynasty, the division between the state of affairs and royal affairs was not distinctive. It had several subdivisions such as Jonchinbu, and Uibinbu, Donnyeongbu and others, some of which were independently operated or belonged to Yukjo (Six Ministries of Joseon). The current Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea claims descent from the Kungnaebu. Jongchinbu preserved the genealogy and portraits of the line of kings, managed costume of the king and queen, and dealt with relatives of the kings. Uibinbu took care of dealing with affairs regarding a son-in-law of the king, while Donnyeongbu managed affairs for cultivating mutual friendship among relatives of the king and queen. Organization The Kungnaebu supervised the affairs of the King's family. Under Kungnaebu, there were many subordina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayashi Gonsuke (diplomat)
Baron was a diplomat of the Empire of Japan. Biography Hayashi was born in Aizu Domain (modern Fukushima Prefecture) on March 23, 1860. His grandfather, Hayashi Yasusada (also known as "Hayashi Gonsuke") was a noted samurai leader in the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, but fighting for the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1867, his grandfather and father were both killed in combat during the Battle of Toba–Fushimi, leaving the seven-year-old Gonsuke as head of the Hayashi household. Despite his youth, he was given a military rank and assigned to a position in the defense of Aizuwakamatsu Castle during the Battle of Aizu. After the defeat of the Aizu forces and the establishment of the Meiji government, Hayashi, along with many surviving members of the Aizu clan, were expelled to the newly created Tonami Domain in what is now northern Aomori Prefecture. However, after a period in northern Japan, he caught the attention of an officer from Satsuma Domain, Kodama Sanefumi, who had k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Club
The Independence Club (), alternate name Independence Association, was an organization that advocated for Korean independence. It operated between July 2, 1896 and December 25, 1898, and was founded and led by the prominent Korean independence activist Philip Jaisohn. The group advocated for numerous reforms for both government and society, including democracy, public education, journalism, and language reform. The group also published a newspaper:'' Tongnip sinmun'' ("The Independent"). Its advocacy for reforming the government into a constitutional monarchy brought it into conflict with the Korean monarch Gojong as well as conservatives in the court. The club was eventually ordered to disband in December 1898. Background A number of reform movements existed in the late Joseon and Korean Empire periods. Soh Jaipil Soh Jaipil, also known as "Philip Jaisohn", was an early prominent leader of the Korean independence movement. He was one of the leaders of the attempted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gojong's Internal Exile To The Russian Legation
King Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation, also called the Agwan Pacheon incident (), occurred in 1896 in Korea when King Gojong and his crown prince left the Gyeongbokgung palace to take refuge at the Russian legation in Hanseong (Seoul). The incident resulted in a temporary decline of Japan's influence in Korea and corresponding rise in Russia's influence. Context The incident occurred after the First Sino-Japanese War during a period of factional confrontation within the Korean royal court. King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty and his crown prince took refuge from the Gyeongbok Palace at the Russian legation in Seoul, from which they controlled the Korean government for about one year from February 11, 1896, to February 20, 1897. Their escape took place in secrecy; it was arranged by the pro-Russian official Yi Bum-jin, the Russian consul Karl Ivanovich Weber, and others. The event, which was triggered in part by the king's fear of a coup d'état and his reaction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Jeolla Province
South Jeolla Province (), formerly South Chŏlla Province, also known as Jeonnam (), is a province in the Honam, Honam region, South Korea, and the Provinces of Korea, southernmost province in mainland Korea. South Jeolla borders the provinces of North Jeolla to the north, South Gyeongsang to the northeast, and Jeju Province, Jeju to the southwest in the Korea Strait. Suncheon is the largest city in the province, closely followed by Yeosu. Other major cities include Mokpo, Gwangyang and Naju. Jeolla Province, Jeolla-do, including both North Jeolla Province, North and South Jeolla, was the first province out of the Eight Provinces of Korea, Eight Provinces system to have its 1000th year anniversary in 2018, as the name 'Jeolla-do' was established in 1018, during Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 9th year in power. History Proto Three Kingdoms period During the Samhan period, South Jeolla belonged to Mahan () Three Kingdoms period In the Three Kingdoms period, it be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
