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The '''Gjemi Coup''' [Hankoel: 계미정변, Handja: 癸未政變] was a [[Corea|Corean]] coup d'état that overthrew the government of King Hjodjo of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon Tsjasan] and led to the enthronement of [[Tedjo of Sjakwang|King Tedjo]], founding the [[Corea|Sjakwang]] state in 1883. It lasted from the 5th to the 17th of June and provoked a series of changes and social unrest across Corea and East Asia.
== Etymology ==
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Guerrilla activity continued throughout Kjanggi province - in fact, most of Corea - for the next two years. Hansjang remained under martial law for the majority of this time, with many other Corean cities and ports having to institute measures to preserve food supplies and improve defensive apparatuses in their respective provinces.
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On the 5th of June, 1883, the Coup began in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insa-dong Insa Locale]. Rebels assassinated four Tsjosan officials within an hour.
[[Tedjo of Sjakwang|Military Governor Ki]] (with 500 soldiers) and several other resistance leaders arrived in Hansjang on the 6th, fighting government forces. A Dutch Reformed church in Jongsan District was set ablaze that night, leading to an extremely destructive conflagration that destroyed much of Hansjang and caused the forced evacuation of 10,000 people.
Eventually, on the 17th of June - twelve days since the Coup began and with over 1,000 casualties - Governor Ki's forces imprisoned the King and executed the Left and Chief State Councillors.
== Aftermath ==
==== Ascension of the new King ====
A week after the coup, [[Tedjo of Sjakwang|Ki Ripbam]] was a leading candidate for the new King. He was challenged by candidates from the Andong Kim, Soenhoeng Ahn, and other clans. Using his connections, he hired mercenaries from [[Tauland]] and allied with several key families in return for discreet favours. Ripbam's Ki clan and their allies commit acts of violence across the nation, at one time even executing the wife and children of an ultraconservative governor. Nakatomi Hidehasa, a Japanese accountant and translator in Corea at the time, described the Ki clan's atrocities as 'tragedy framed by justice' and 'the novel Jansangun dreamed of writing'.
Eleven days before [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok Tsjusak], Ki Ripbam decisively declared himself King of Corea, the formation of the [[House of Ki]], and the establishment of the [[Corea|state of Sjakwang]]. 326 people were exiled, 64 sentenced to death, and 1,102 pardoned on the day of the declaration. Ripbam declared himself King Tedjo and began his coronation on the 26th of October, the same day as King Yangdjo's. Shortly before his coronation, King Tedjo divorced his estranged wife Lady Pak Mjanghwa and took on two consorts the next day.
==== Resistance to the new regime ====
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