The ' ' was concluded on 24 July 1907, between the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire.
The Korean Empire had become a protectorate of Japan under the terms of the earlier Eulsa Treaty on 1905, and had thus lost the right to conduct diplomatic exchanges with other countries. Korean Emperor Gojong of Korea sent an envoy in secret to the Hague Conference on World Peace to protest Japan’s actions. In retaliation, on 18 July 1907, Japan made Emperor Gojong abdicate in favor of his son Sunjong.
Six days later, a new agreement was forced on the Korean government. Provisions in this new treaty gave the Japanese Resident-General the right to appoint and dismiss high-ranking officials (article 4) and stipulated that all high-ranking officials appointed to the Korean government must be Japanese (article 5). This brought the internal government of Korea fully under the control of Japan. The unpublished section of the treaty also placed the Korean army under Japanese leadership, and handed over judicial and policing powers.

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Diplomatic Memorandum (not published)

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Translation of full text

"The Governments of Japan and Korea, desiring speedily to promote the wealth and strength of Korea and with the object of promoting the prosperity of the Korean nation, have agreed. . . "
"1. In all matters relating to the reform of the Korean administration the Korean Government shall receive instructions and guidance from the (Japanese) .
"2. Laws set down by the Korean Government and important actions of government shall require the prior approval of the Resident-General."
"3. The judicial functions of Korea shall be separated from the usual functions of government."
"4. In all appointments and removals of high-ranking officials the Korean Government must obtain the consent of the Resident-General."
"5. The Korean Government shall appoint to be officials of Korea any Japanese subjects recommended by the Resident-General."
"6. The Korean Government shall not appoint any foreigners to be officials of Korea without consulting the Resident-General."
"7. The first item of the Japan-Korea treaty concluded on August 22, in the 37th year of the Meiji era [1904] shall be void."
: Lord Itō Hirobumi [Marquess], Resident-General, July 24th, 40th year of the Meiji era [1907] (seal)
: Sir Lee Wan-Yong, Prime Minister, July 24th, 11th year of the Gwangmu era [1907] (seal)

Diplomatic Memorandum (not published)

Based on the import of the Japan-Korea treaty of the 40th year of the Meiji era, the following items shall be enacted.
(1)　The following courts, composed of people from both Japan and Korea, shall be newly established.

★ 1 One located in Gyeongseong Seoul or Suwon.
The and of the Court shall be Japanese.
Two of the and five of the shall be Japanese.

★ 2 Three
One shall be located in the central region, and one each in the northern and southern regions.
Two of the Justices, one of the and five of the secretaries shall be Japanese.

★ 3 Eight
One of these shall be located at each of the locations of the in the eight former
The and shall be Japanese.
32 of all attorneys and 80 of all secretaries shall be Japanese, and shall be allocated as appropriate given the degree of work required.

★ 4 103
Thes are to be located in the locations of important
One of the attorneys and one of the secretaries is to be Japanese.
(2) The following prisons shall be newly established.

★ 1 Nine prisons
One prison shall be located in the same area as each of the district courts, and one prison on one of the islands. The shall be Japanese.
Half the prison staff, consisting of the and levels below, shall be Japanese.
(3) Military forces shall be arranged as follows.

★ The of the army, assigned to guarding the Emperor and other duties, shall be disbanded.

★ Educated shall be assigned to the Japanese army for training in the field, except where it is necessary for them to remain in the Korean army.

★ Appropriate provisions shall be made in Japan for training Korean soldiers to become officers.
(4) All those currently in the service of Korea with the position of or shall be removed from their duties.
(5) The following Japanese shall be appointed as officials in the Korean and .

★ for each department

★ The

★ One and one

★ For the cabinet, several and

★ For each department, several secretaries and assistant secretaries

★ An for each province

★ One for each province

★ Several for each province
The matter of other appointments of Japanese as officials in the areas of finance, policing and technology shall be set down by a later agreement.

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★ Much of this article was translated from the , as it was on 5 September 2006.

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