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韓日倂合條約
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Hanil byeonghap joyak
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Hanil pyŏnghap choyak
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The was signed on
August 22 ,
1910 by the representatives of the
Korean and
Japanese Imperial Government s. This began the ''de facto''
Period Of Japanese Rule in Korea. The
Treaty had eight articles, number one being: "His Majesty the Emperor of Korea makes the complete and permanent cession to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan of all rights of sovereignty over the whole of Korea."
The legality of the Treaty is disputed, and not accepted in contemporary Korea. The Emperor of Korea,
Emperor Yung-hui , refused to sign the treaty as required, and the treaty, while affixed with his Great Seal, does not bear his signature of the Emperor as law dictated. The treaty was signed by Prime Minister
Yi Wan-yong of Korea and
Resident General Count Terauchi Masatake of Japan. In his last testament in
1926 , Emperor Yung-hui affirmed that the treaty was forced through by ministers threatened by Japanese. It is believed that the Great Seal was hidden by
Empress Sunjeong , and that it was physically forced off her by others. The people who ratified the treaty were Korean ministers who betrayed their country and secretly agreed with the Japanese government prior to the actual signing of the treaty. Nonetheless, the treaty's legality is still asserted by Japan.
- Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty (English)
- Yutaka Kawasaki, "Was the 1910 Annexation Treaty Between Korea and Japan Concluded Legally?", Murdoch University Journal of Law, Volume 3, Number 2 (July 1996).
