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The number of casualties of the incident was recorded at 35 in the Joseon Dynasty with two Japanese soldiers wounded. In addition, 16 Korean naval personnel were captured by Japan. Many weapons were also looted. After the incident, the
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was dispatched to survey Korean coastal waters. While surveying the Western coast of Korea, the Japanese put ashore a party on Ganghwa Island to request water and provisions. When the shore batteries of the Korean forts fired on the
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decided to dispatch gun boats to Pusan to protect Japanese residents there. It also began deliberating whether or not to send a mission to Korea to settle the incident.
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had been a site of violent confrontations between Korean forces and foreign forces over the previous decade. In 1866, the island was briefly occupied during the
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In the second half of the 19th century, the Korean Peninsula was the scene of a power struggle between several imperial powers, including the
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blockaded the immediate area and requested an official apology from the Joseon government, which was concluded with the dispatch of the
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sent a messenger holding a letter with the sovereign's message which informed of the founding of a new administration of
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This article is about the Japanese military expedition of 1875. For the American expedition of 1871, see
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on February 27, 1876, which opened the Korean Peninsula to Japanese and foreign trade.
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was allowed to use those characters, as they signified the imperial authority of
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However, the Koreans refused to receive the letter because it contained the
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The Chinese suggested to the Koreans to receive the sovereign letter from
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at that moment. Despite government-level negotiations held in 1875 at
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Battle of Ganghwa

Yeongjong Island
Ganghwa Island
Korea
South Korea
37°43′50″N 126°29′54″E / 37.7305°N 126.4984°E / 37.7305; 126.4984
Japan

Korea
Inoue Yoshika
sailors
marines
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General Sherman incident (1866)
French expedition to Korea (1866)
United States expedition to Korea (1871)
Battle of Ganghwa
Ganghwa Island incident (1875)
Gapsin Coup (1884)
Port Hamilton incident (1885–1887)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)
Korean
Un'yō
Japanese
江華島
事件

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