 Kim Ki-su did present the King with the journal of his observations, titled Iltong kiyu ("Record of a Journey to Japan")

It was another four years before the King sent another mission, in 1880.The mission was headed by Kim Hong-jip, who was a more enthusiastic observer of the reforms taking place in Japan.While in Japan, the Chinese diplomat Huang Zunxian presented him with a study called Chaoxian Celue ("A Strategy for Korea").