page_title: Gwangmu Reform
section_title: Finance
hierarchical_section_title: Gwangmu Reform / Reforms / Finance
caption_attribution_description: English: The building of Office of Crown Property, taken in 1899, Korean Empire. 한국어: 1899년 대한제국(고종 36년) 시절 궁내부 내장원 삼정과의 모습입니다. 삼정과의 설치로 본격적인 인삼사업이 시작되어 100여 년이 지난 지금의 한국인삼공사 정관장까지 이어오고 있답니다 '내장원(內藏院) 삼정과'란? 내장원은 조선 후기 왕실의 보물 및 세전(世傳), 장원(莊園) 등의 재산을 관리하는 관청으로 내장원 내 삼정과를 통해 인삼, 담배, 소금 이 3가지 품목의 생산, 판매를 국가에서 관리했습니다
context_page_description: The Gwangmu Reform was a chain of events that was aimed at modernizing and westernizing the Korean Empire as a late starter in the industrial revolution. The reform that took place during the Gwangmu Era from 1897 to 1907 showed, in the long term, Korean potential for starting and continuing modernisation, even in the face of adversity. This sort of development was unseen until the Myon Chang-era of the 1960s and 70s. The Gwangmu reform of Emperor Gojong later staged the fundamental background for future Korean development by building infrastructure, reforming the economy and creating the nucleus of the modern bureaucracy and military.
context_section_description: In 1897, the cadastral survey project was launched by the Gwangmu government, aiming at modernizing the landownership system. In order to apply Western surveying methods, U.S. surveyors were hired. After the survey, a property title “Jigye”, showing the exact dimension of the land, were supposed to be issued by the authorities concerned. That reform was closely involved to the reform of land tax system, which was conducted under the leadership of Yi Yong-ik, who also carried out the monetary reforms in Korea. The project was interrupted due to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 and 1905, after having finished about two-thirds of the whole land.
caption: The building of Office of Crown Property under Imperial Household Ministry of the Korean Empire.
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