On this day, October 8, 1895, the Japanese General Miura Gore supervised the belly of Myeongseong, the Empress of Korea and the wife of Emperor Gwangmu, and then burned them while they were alive, according to what was reported by the French newspaper Le Point.
Writers Frederick Lueno and Gwendolyn dos Santos stated in their report on the subject, that Japan, after its capture of Korea, kept Emperor Gwangmu (King Gojong before the Joseon Kingdom was transformed into the Korean Empire) and Empress Myeongsong, but they turned into mere puppets in the hands of the Japanese general, Miura Guru.
They reported that Gwangmo accepted Japanese orders, but Myeongseong rebelled and did not hesitate to conspire with the Russians and the Chinese against the Japanese, and as soon as General Miura knew about it, he decided to get rid of her, by extracting her guts from her stomach and then burning it immediately, and he did not hesitate to oversee that himself. .
According to the French newspaper, Myeongseong was 43 years old, and before the Japanese occupation she was the one who really ruled the country, leaving the king to his pleasures, and she supervised the modernization of the country, carried out reforms in the field of agriculture, and supplied the army with modern weapons and equipment.
Chronicle of the brutal killing
Lupoan reports that on October 8, 1895, at around 3 a.m., the Japanese general Miura, who was heading about 50 Japanese soldiers and civilians, entered Seoul, and was accompanied by the father of Emperor Gwangmu, who hated his daughter-in-law.
The presence of the emperor's father allowed this small Japanese squad to enter the palace without being intercepted by the Korean guards, this palace was a real city made up of hundreds of buildings and was like a maze, and the royal residences were located at the back end, 800 meters from the front entrance.
In order to avoid drawing attention, the Japanese pretended to accompany the emperor's father. Nevertheless, the presence of that band caught the attention of the guards and tried to confront them, but they met them with a hail of bullets, and in the end, General Miura Goro's forces managed to enter the headquarters of Gwangmu, who was tortured to force him to confess the whereabouts of the queen. .
Without waiting for his answer, the Japanese rushed into the queen's residence, destroying everything that stood in their way.
The Korean Royal Family Minister and his bodyguard tried to stop them, but they were slaughtered, the squad was searching everywhere, to no avail.
Then the soldiers interrogated a Russian architect who was in the palace by chance, and killed two women they suspected of being the empress, before being able to find her.
As for Empress Myeongseong, she hid in the intertwining bushes surrounding the palace.
They arrested her, and the general stabbed her with his sword before the others did the same. Myeongseong fell, but she was not dead yet.
A number of killers brutally raped her, then wrapped her body in a blanket while she was alive, before spraying her with kerosene and setting her on fire.
As the flames of flames rose, Myeongseong quickly turned to ashes.
At 9:30 am, Miura sent a telegram to Tokyo, "The empress is dead, and the king is safe."
Faced with global condemnation, the Japanese staged a mock trial of the murderers, which acquitted Miura.