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900:casus belli
872:Hong Jong-u
833:Gapsin Coup
825:Hong Jong-u
810:Gapsin Coup
794:Seo Jae-pil
633:Gapsin Coup
612:Inoue Kaoru
553:Dongnipdang
551:formed the
546:Dongnipdang
505:calligraphy
435:under King
413::
403::
397:Kim Ok-gyun
388:Kogyun, Kou
374:Gogyun, Gou
307:Gim Ok-gyun
263:Kim Ok-gyun
207:Nationality
145:Kim Ok-gyun
130:Korean name
1445:Yun Chi-ho
1440:Soh Jaipil
1389:Categories
1355:2019-06-26
1309:References
1293:TV series
1276:TV series
1002:March 2024
972:newspapers
725:March 2024
695:newspapers
631:See also:
605:Qing China
579:First plan
568:Portuguese
447:Early life
321:Kim Okkyun
166:1851-02-23
76:newspapers
1320:page 486
1279:Jejungwon
1164:; 1918–?)
1087:Siblings
929:does not
866:(李鴻章) in
749:East Asia
652:does not
560:Bongwonsa
484:Gangneung
232:Relatives
106:June 2023
1344:OhmyNews
1204:스즈키 이치고로
1183:스기타니 오타마
902:for the
868:Shanghai
806:Gaehwapa
441:Shanghai
421:Gaehwapa
329:Art name
196:Shanghai
128:In this
1062:Mother
1025:Father
986:scholar
950:removed
935:sources
853:Sapporo
841:Incheon
788:)", or
709:scholar
673:removed
658:sources
497:dancing
493:singing
489:Kayakem
473:Seodang
469:Cheonan
215:Parents
90:scholar
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566:and a
564:London
507:, and
501:poetry
437:Gojong
409:;
401:Korean
359:古筠, 古愚
343:고균, 고우
336:Hangul
269:Hangul
251:Family
210:Korean
178:Joseon
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1304:Notes
1210:鈴木市五郎
1128:기계 유씨
1122:강릉 유씨
1077:풍양 조씨
1068:은진 송씨
993:JSTOR
979:books
766:Inoue
716:JSTOR
702:books
593:Tokyo
573:Japan
480:Seoul
429:Korea
411:Hanja
352:Hanja
285:Hanja
97:JSTOR
83:books
965:news
933:any
931:cite
796:and
785:郵政總局
779:우정총국
688:news
656:any
654:cite
540:West
495:and
487:the
200:Qing
185:Died
160:Born
69:news
1291:KBS
1274:SBS
1255:金學鎭
1249:김학진
1219:히데코
1161:金聲漢
1155:김성한
1146:金英鎭
1140:김영진
1108:金珏均
1102:김각균
1093:김균이
1052:金炳基
1046:김병기
1037:金炳台
1031:김병태
944:by
667:by
616:won
509:art
427:of
416:金玉均
406:김옥균
292:金玉均
276:김옥균
135:Kim
52:by
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