Question

Two answers required. One of these two countries was described as a “dagger pointed at the heart of” the other by the Prussian military officer Jacob Meckel. The leader of the Enlightenment Party in one (-5[1])of these two countries escaped to the other in a shipping crate after the failed Gapsin Coup. A king of one of these two countries took refuge in the Russian embassy after his wife was assassinated by the other; (15[2])that king (15[1])later named his wife (*) Empress as a symbolic stance (10[1])against the other country. The Kono Declaration was negotiated between these two (-5[1])countries and constituted an apology for war crimes. One of the two countries enacted a brutal 35-year (10[1])occupation of the other, (10[3])exemplified (10[1])by sex slaves (10[1])called “comfort (10[1])women.” (10[9]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])a 1910 (10[1])annexation involving what two countries ended the Joseon dynasty? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Japan AND Korea [accept Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku in place of “Japan”; accept North Korea or South Korea or Hanguk in place of “Korea”; accept Choson in place of “Korea” until “Joseon” is read]
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