Abdication

=Abdication of Emperor Gojong= Emperor Gojong was forced to abdicate in 1907 after he attempted to send three delegates to The Hague Peace Conference in violation of the Eulsa Treaty. The Emperor wanted the envoys to plead the case for a sovereign Korea, but they were refused access and blocked by Japan. A Korean representative, Yi Jun, committed suicide after their entrance was denied to The Hague.

Emperor Gojong, as a result of this infringement, was forced to hand down the thrown to his son SunJong.

Lee, Ki-Baik. A New History of Korea. Seoul, Korea: Edward W. Wagner, 1984. 311-312. Print.