A photograph of a Korean streetcar in the capital circa 1903. In spite of endemic corruption, modernization did result in occasional successes like this. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Japanese troops occupying the capital of Korea during the Russo-Japanese War. Source: Public Domain
The Japanese text of the Eulsa Treaty, which effectively ceded Korea’s foreign policy to the Japanese government. Source: RYU Cheol, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A photograph of the Japanese Resident-General’s residence in the capital of Korea. This is where Ito Hirobumi lived while serving in that office. Source: Public Domain
A photo of the three Korean emissaries who were sent to the Second Hague Convention in hopes of gaining international support for Korean Independence. They were unsuccessful. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Homer Hulbert, the Protestant missionary in Korea who championed Korean Independence after the Japanese occupation began. He accompanied the emissaries above on their mission at the Hague. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Ito Hirobumi as he stepped off the train, just before being assassinated. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of An Jung-geun, who assassinated Ito Hirobumi in 1909. Source: Public Domain
