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October 12, 1897
Korea changed its name to "Taehan Empire" (the Korean Empire).


Title:Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary I Ha-yong notified change in country name of Korea.

Reference code: A04010035200
@Korean King Kojong changed the name of the country into "Han" (Korea) to demonstrate the formality and authority as an independent nation domestically and internationally.
@This is a document on the notification of Korean Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan on the renaming of the country name of Korea.