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Categories: September 1875 events, Naval battles involving Japan, Combat incidents, Punitive expeditions of Japan, Yellow Sea

Ganghwa Island incident Battle of Ganghwa Ganghwa incident Ganghwa Island affair Japanese Battle of Ganghwa

The Ganghwa Island incident or the Japanese Battle of Ganghwa was an armed clash between the Joseon dynasty of Korea and Japan which occurred in the vicinity of Ganghwa Island on September 20, 1875. Wikipedia

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1875 battle between Japan and Korea due to the Japanese illicit entry to the Ganghwa Island of Korea to stipulate a commercial treaty under the pretext of land surveying Wikidata

IS A

battle

show of force

PART OF

History of Japan–Korea relations

COUNTRY

South Korea

FOLLOWED BY

Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876

HAS CAUSE

Seikanron

1868 rejection of Japanese diplomatic documents by Joseon