1.0Korean Friendship Associationhttps://korea-dpr.comONE COREA NETWORKhttps://korea-dpr.com/author/one-corea-network/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bISMVw9Ieg"><a href="https://korea-dpr.com/modern-version-of-the-taft-katsura-agreement/">Modern version of the “Taft-Katsura Agreement”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://korea-dpr.com/modern-version-of-the-taft-katsura-agreement/embed/#?secret=bISMVw9Ieg" width="600" height="338" title="“Modern version of the “Taft-Katsura Agreement”” — Korean Friendship Association" data-secret="bISMVw9Ieg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script>  The “Taft-Katsura Agreement” was fabricated between the then Secretary of the US Army Taft and Japanese Prime Minister Katsura at a closed meeting in Tokyo on the 29th of July, 1905. In the agreement, Japan recognized the US colonial rule over the Philippines in exchange for the US offered cooperation to Japan’s invasion of Korea […]