Five Eulsa Traitors
Term for the 1905 Eulsa Treaty signers
Five Eulsa Traitors
The Five Eulsa Traitors (Korean: 을사오적) refers to the five officials serving under Emperor Gojong who signed the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, which is also referred to as the Eulsa Treaty. The treaty made Korea a protectorate of Japan. The five officials were Education Minister Lee Wan-yong, Army Minister Yi Geun-taek, Interior Minister Yi Ji-yong, Foreign Affairs Minister Pak Chesoon, and Agriculture, Commerce, and Industry Minister Gwon Jung-hyeon. Initially, all of the ministers were against signing the treaty. Pak Chesoon even declared that he would rather commit suicide if Japan forced him to sign the treaty. However, under threat of execution, five of the ministers signed the treaty. Lee Wan-yong, Yi Ji-yong, and Gwon Jung-hyeon were the first to change their stance. Prime Minister Han Kyu-seol, the ministers of finance and justice, and Emperor Gojong refused to sign the treaty. However, the treaty was deemed to have gone into effect with the five ministers' signatures, even though...
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