Hague Secret Emissary Affair

Hague Secret Emissary Affair
Yi Tjoune, Yi Sang-seol, and Yi Wi-jong (from left)
Korean name
Hangul
헤이그 특사사건
Hanja
헤이그 特使事件
Revised RomanizationHeigeu teuksa sageon
McCune–ReischauerHeigŭ t'ŭksa sakŏn

The Hague Secret Emissary Affair (Korean: 헤이그 특사사건) resulted from Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire sending confidential emissaries to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1907.[1]

  1. ^ Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 245.