By Kim Se-jeong
Staff Reporter
In January, 1906 at Seongjojeon, Emperor Gojong's office in Deoksu Palace in Hanyang, Seoul's old name, Gojong wrote a letter to German Emperor Wilhelm II.
In the letter, Gojong pleaded with Wilhelm II to support Korea's fight against Japanese occupation. "If you help me, I shall by God never forget what you have done," the emperor wrote in Chinese.
The letter failed to reach the German emperor, and was buried in history until being found by a group of Korean scholars in the political archives of the German foreign office earlier this year.
Last week, over a century later, a photo exhibition, "125 Years Germany and Korea -Historic Photographs," shed light again on Gojong's attempt to spread the word about Japan's injustice.
The opening of the exhibition last Wednesday marked the day when the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) and German