Signed under pressure after the Unyo Incident, the Treaty of Ganghwa was Korea's first modern and unequal treaty, forcing the nation to open ports to Japan and end isolationism.
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Signed under pressure after the Unyo Incident, the Treaty of Ganghwa was Korea's first modern and unequal treaty, forcing the nation to open ports to Japan and end isolationism.