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A 6 page discussion of the many impacts the Japanese had during their rule in Korea. This paper emphasizes the negativities of these impacts actually served to foster a strong sense of Korean nationalism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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that in itself was the product of forced diplomacy. The Treaty of Ganghwa served to open the door to Japanese trade. With the 1895 assassination of Empress Myeongseong
(Queen Min), however, the influence that Japan wielded in Korea increased substantially. Queen Min had openly opposed the Japanese and sought to end terminate their influence in her country.
The Japanese subsequently murdered her and desecrated her body. In 1910 Korea was forcibly annexed by the Japanese Empire. In the years to follow the Japanese inflicted
many deep wounds to the Korean people and their country. The reasons behind Japans colonization of Korea are poorly understood by
many. Hung (1) points out that the value that Korean held in terms of providing area for its surplus population was questionable at best. Korea itself was heavily
populated and all of its agricultural lands were already in intense cultivation to support that population (Hung 1). Hung suggests, in fact, that if Japan had turned the money
that she utilized to fund her foreign aggression towards her own internal development, Japan could have easily found room for its surplus population within her own borders. Japans presence
there, however, signified much more than a search for land resources. Japan needed Korea for the military leverage the country provided. The
acquisition benefited Japan in her communication needs, her economy, and in fact in the defense of the Japanese Empire (Kim 503). She needed not just the "material resources and
the strategic position of the Korean peninsula but also the "native manpower" for conscription" (Kim 503). She intended to win Korean loyalty so that they would willingly fight for
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