EJKS 25.1 – Daria Grishina – Reevaluating the Circumstances Surrounding the Conclusion of the 1876 Ganghwa Treaty between Korea and Japan

Abstract
The Treaty of Ganghwa, 1876, was the first in succession of what are known to historians as “unequal treaties” that integrated the state of Chosŏn (Korea) into the global diplomatic and economic processes in the late nineteenth century. Korean historiography has traditionally emphasized the involuntary nature of the treaty, stressing that the Chosŏn government was forced to sign it follow...