Treaty of Eulsa

...A pro-Japanese bureaucrat in the late Korean colonial period. Passed the civil service examination in 1882, he worked mainly in the field of diplomacy, and visited the United States twice. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the pro-Russian government that was established in the coup d'état of 1896 that overthrew the Kim Hong-jip government. He continued to hold important government positions, and was Minister of Education when the Japan-Korea Protectorate Treaty (also known as the Eulsa Treaty) was concluded in 1905, and was therefore counted as one of the "Five Eulsa Traitors." From this time on, he was the target of public criticism as the most pro-Japanese bureaucrat, but in 1907 he became Prime Minister. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in the Eulsa Treaty are listed below.

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…朝鮮の韓末･植民地期の親日派官僚。1882年科挙合格，外交畑を中心に歩み，渡米2回の経験を持つ。金弘集内閣を倒した96年のクーデタによって成立した親露政権で外部大臣(外務大臣)となる。その後も政府の要職を歴任し，1905年の日韓保護条約(乙巳（いつし）条約ともいう)の締結のおりには学部大臣(文部大臣)としてこれに賛成，〈乙巳五賊〉の一人に数えられる。このころからもっとも親日的な官僚として大衆の非難の的になりながら，07年には内閣総理大臣となる。…

※「乙巳条約」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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