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Korea: The wife of Ye Wanyong (1858-1926), last Prime Minister of the Korean Empire and signer of the 1910 Japanese-Korea Annexation Treaty, c. 1900

Korea: The wife of Ye Wanyong (1858-1926), last Prime Minister of the Korean Empire and signer of the 1910 Japanese-Korea Annexation Treaty, c. 1900

Ye Wanyong (1858-1926) was a Korean statesman who served as the last Prime Minister of the Korean Empire. He became infamous and nationally reviled for signing various treaties that turned Korea into a Japanese colony, primarily the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910.