Kangwaská smlouva
Kanghwa Treaty

Summary/Abstract: The Meiji Restauration in Japan prefigured a change of mutual relations with Korea. Their political contact got worse by few years and it ended by gunboat diplomacy from Japanese side. Through coerced Kanghwa Treaty by Japan was Korea opened to the world in 1876. This treaty had strong impact on Korean Peninsula, because Korean economic was opened to foreign influence, mainly from Japan. Not only economic sphere, but also political scene had been influenced by Japanese and Chinese political goals. Subsequent three decades Japan sought to consolidate its position on the Korean Peninsula, which became not only economically but also strategically important territory for Japanese government. These efforts led to disputes with China (1894–95) and Russia (1904–05), of which Japan emerged as victor. Following years Japan became the main actor on Korean Peninsula, which was practically in part subordinate in 1876 by unequal Kanghwa Treaty.

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