The Belgium-Korea Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation of 1901

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15800
dc.contributor.author	Carbonnet Adrien
dc.title	The Belgium-Korea Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation of 1901
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	During the second half of the nineteenth century, Belgian diplomats in China and Japan suggested the establishment of official relations with Korea, depicted as a potential access to resources and an outlet for Belgium’s industry. This idea did not materialize until the formation of an Anglo-Belgian syndicate in charge of the exploitation of a gold mining concession in Korea. The Belgium-Korea Treaty of 1901 was fundamentally an unequal treaty. Similar to those concluded with other Western powers in the 1880s, it consolidated the regime of multilateral imperialism in Korea by legally paving the way for Belgium’s activities in the country.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-08-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-12-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-11-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-718-0/the-belgium-korea-treaty-of-amity-commerce-and-nav/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-717-3/002
dc.identifier.issn	2610-993X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9123
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-718-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-717-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Barbarians
dc.subject	Belgium
dc.subject	Civilization
dc.subject	Commerce
dc.subject	Diplomatic relations
dc.subject	Eastern Pioneer Company
dc.subject	Imperialism
dc.subject	Kojong
dc.subject	Late Chosǒn
dc.subject	Léon Vincart
dc.subject	Neutrality
dc.subject	Pak Che-sun
dc.subject	Unequal treaties
dc.subject	Ǔnsan gold mine

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The Belgium-Korea Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation of 1901

Adrien Carbonnet University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium

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During the second half of the nineteenth century, Belgian diplomats in China and Japan suggested the establishment of official relations with Korea, depicted as a potential access to resources and an outlet for Belgium’s industry. This idea did not materialize until the formation of an Anglo-Belgian syndicate in charge of the exploitation of a gold mining concession in Korea. The Belgium-Korea Treaty of 1901 was fundamentally an unequal treaty. Similar to those concluded with other Western powers in the 1880s, it consolidated the regime of multilateral imperialism in Korea by legally paving the way for Belgium’s activities in the country.

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Aug. 30, 2023

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Dec. 22, 2022

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Nov. 24, 2022

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978-88-6969-718-0

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978-88-6969-717-3

Keywords: Late Chosǒn • Pak Che-sun • Eastern Pioneer Company • Kojong • Civilization • Commerce • Belgium • Ǔnsan gold mine • Léon Vincart • Diplomatic relations • Imperialism • Neutrality • Unequal treaties • Barbarians

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