A Kingdom Caught Between Empires In the closing decades of the 19th century, the Korean Peninsula became a battleground for […]
A Clash of Schedules and Imperial Pride In 1891, Crown Prince Nicholas of Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II) embarked on […]
The Gapsin Coup and Its Historical Context In December 1884, a dramatic political upheaval known as the Gapsin Coup unfolded […]
The Geopolitical Chessboard of Late 19th Century East Asia In the closing decades of the 19th century, East Asia became […]
The Tinderbox of 19th Century East Asia In the twilight of the 19th century, Korea became the focal point of […]
The Birth of a Naval Giant In the late 19th century, the Qing Dynasty’s Beiyang Fleet emerged as the dominant […]
A Statesman’s Illness and the Allure of Western Solutions In the late 19th century, as China grappled with internal decay […]
A Statesman’s Weary Reflection in 1888 The year 1888 found Li Hongzhang, the Qing dynasty’s foremost diplomat and statesman, sorting […]
The Precarious Position of Joseon Korea In the turbulent 1880s, the Korean peninsula became a chessboard for imperial powers. Following […]
The Theater of Death in Chosun Korea Public executions served as grim entertainment in late 19th century Seoul, where crowds […]
The Weight of Foreign Pressure on 19th-Century Korea Unlike China’s sudden devastation during the Opium Wars, foreign pressure on Korea […]
From Obscurity to Power: The Unconventional Rise of Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai’s ascent in late 19th-century Qing politics defied convention. […]
A Tumultuous Homecoming In the autumn of 1885, Korea witnessed a politically charged spectacle as the Daewongun, the former regent […]
A Powder Keg in East Asia The year was 1885, and East Asia teetered on the brink of upheaval. The […]
A Young Officer’s Overseas Assignment In the late 19th century, as the Qing dynasty struggled to maintain its influence over […]
From Scholar to Diplomat: Takezoe’s Early Career Takezoe Shinichirō, a prominent figure in late 19th-century Japanese diplomacy, began his journey […]
The Powder Keg of Late 19th-Century Korea The 1884 Gapsin Coup unfolded against a backdrop of intense geopolitical rivalry in […]
The Precarious Balance of Power in Late Joseon Korea In the twilight years of the 19th century, the Korean Peninsula […]
The Powder Keg of Late 19th-Century Korea The evening of December 4, 1884, began as a seemingly ordinary diplomatic affair—a […]
The Precarious Balance of Power in Late Joseon Korea In the twilight years of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), Korea found […]
A Scholar-Diplomat in a Volatile Peninsula Takezoe Shinichiro (1842–1917), known by his literary name Seisei, was no ordinary diplomat. A […]
A Revolutionary in the Making In the winter of 1882, as the Korean Peninsula stood at a crossroads between tradition […]
