Foreign Intervention
Korea under the Joseon Dynasty had been an autonomous tributary state of China's Qing dynasty since the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1637. Apart from this, Korea was isolationist and wary of foreign influence. After several incidents involving the Russians, French and the Americans, Korea was opened to foreign trade by the Japanese as a result of the Treaty of Ganghwa in 1876. China lost its exclusive influence over the Joseon dynasty. Foreign legations were set up at Seoul, and Western ideas and customs were introduced into Korea.
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