The National Museum of Korea holds a special exhibition titled The Korean Empire, Dreaming of a Modern State, showcasing some symbolic relics for Korean Empire. Skip to ... (r. 1863-1907) and has a ...

A map of the Japanese Empire in 1892 colored Japanese territory in pink while leaving Korean territory, including Ulleung Island and Dokdo, colorless. The map, used in Japanese elementary schools ...

The Korean Empire lasted only thirteen years, yet it was a time of great transformation for this state and the whole region with lasting consequences in the next century… With Nuri Kim ...

With over 130 works, the exhibition explores a significant period of upheaval in the country’s history from the Korean Empire (1897-1910), through the Japanese colonial period up to the ...