Korea under Japanese rule was the period when it was a part of the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945. more...Japan's involvement began with the 1876 Treaty of Ganghwa during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and increased with the subsequent assassination of Empress Myeongseong at the hands of Japanese agents in 1895. It culminated with the 1905 Eulsa Treaty and the 1910 Annexation Treaty, both of which were eventually declared "null and void" by both Japan and South Korea in 1965.
Japanese control of Korea ended with the surrender of Japan to the Allied forces in 1945 at the end of World War II. The Korean Peninsula was subsequently divided into North and South Koreas. The legacy of the occupation remains in continuing disputes between Japan and the two Koreas.
In Korea, this period is called the Japanese Forced Occupation Period (?? ???; Ilje gangjeomgi) or Japanese Imperial Period (????, Ilje shidae). Sometimes it is also referred to as the Wae Jeong (Hangul: ??, Hanja: ??), or "Foreign ad less
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