Empire · approximate1897 – 1910 · 13 years
Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk)
Overview
The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. The empire lasted until the Japanese annexation of Korea in August 1910.
Wikipedia: Korean Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0
Borders & accuracy
Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.
- SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
- DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
- SNAPSHOT1900
- POLITY TYPEstate
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Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1897 and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk) (1897 – 1910). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/korean-empire · Sources & methodology