law as argued by Korean scholars". Alexis Dudden, a professor at the University of Connecticut, discussed Nitobe Inazō's science of colonial policy. She is the author of Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power in which she discusses how Japanese policymakers carefully studied and then invoked international law to annex Korea legally. According to Kan Kimura, a major result of this conference is that the Korean claim that the annexation was illegal was rejected by the participating Western scholars, as well as others specializing in international law. Activism On 28 August 2007, regarding the General Power of Attorney by Sunjong, Korean newspaper Dong-a Ilbo reported that Korean monarchs did not sign in the official documents with their real names, traditionally, but the Korean Emperor was forced by Japan to follow a new custom to sign with his real name, which originated from the Western Hemisphere. It mentioned Sunjong's signature may be compulsory. On 23 June 2010, 75 South Korean congressmen suggested the legal nullification of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty to the Prime Minister Naoto Kan. On 6 July 2010, Korean and Japanese progressive Christian groups gathered in Tokyo's Korean YMCA chapter and jointly declared that the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was unjustified. On 28 July 2010, around 1000 intellectuals in Korea and Japan issued a joint statement that the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was never valid in the first place. See also Taft–Katsura Agreement Root–Takahira Agreement Treaty of Portsmouth Anglo–Japanese Alliance Unequal treaty History of Japan–Korea relations Korea under Japanese rule List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan Notes References Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921–1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 12923609 United States. Dept. of State. (1919). Catalogue of treaties: 1814–1918. Washington: Government Printing Office. OCLC 3830508 External links Japan Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910 from Wikisource "The annexation of Korea" (editorial) Japan Times, August 29, 2010 "Historic declaration by Japanese and Korean intellectuals is a step towards reconciliation" Asia News, May 20, 2010 Korea under Japanese rule Japan–Korea relations Treaties involving territorial changes 1910 in Japan 1910 in Korea Treaties concluded in 1910 Treaties entered into force in 1910 Treaties of the Empire of Japan Treaties of the Korean Empire August 1910 events Bilateral treaties of Japan