From what I read in the stanford book park chung hee roots of militarism, korea by 1904 seemed to have a functioning westernized army that while couldn't face its neighbors, was still modernized in both equipment and organization.
In addition, korea seemed to have invested heavily in the military seeing how they at one point invested over 30 percent of the treasury to it.
So, my question is what if emperor gojong, instead of refusing to fight the japanese out of fear that the korean army couldn't beat the japanese one, decided instead to order his army to attack the japanese invaders.
In addition, korea seemed to have invested heavily in the military seeing how they at one point invested over 30 percent of the treasury to it.
So, my question is what if emperor gojong, instead of refusing to fight the japanese out of fear that the korean army couldn't beat the japanese one, decided instead to order his army to attack the japanese invaders.