Korean Resident-General Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi in Harbin by a Korean nationalist, An Jung-geun in October 1909, Terauchi was appointed to replace Sone Arasuke as the third and last Japanese Resident-General of Korea in May 1910. As Resident-General, he executed the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty in August of the same year, and he thus became the first Japanese Governor-General of Korea. In this position, he reported directly to the Emperor and as proconsul had wide-ranging powers ranging from legislative, administrative, and judicial to effect changes and reforms. The annexation of Korea by Japan and subsequent policies introduced by the new government was highly unpopular with the majority of the Korean population, and Terauchi (who concurrently maintained his position as Army Minister) employed military force to maintain control. However, he preferred to use the deep historical and cultural ties between Korea and Japan as justification for the eventual goal of complete assimilation of Korea into the Japanese mainstream. To this end, thousands of schools were built across Korea. Although this contributed greatly to an increase in literacy and the educational standard, the curriculum was centered on Japanese language and Japanese history, with the intent of assimilation of the populace into loyal subjects of the Japanese Empire.
korean resident-general following the assassination of former prime minister itō hirobumi in harbin by a korean nationalist an jung-geun in october 1909 terauchi was appointed to replace sone arasuke as the third and last japanese resident-general of korea in may 1910 as resident-general he executed the japan–korea annexation treaty in august of the same year and he thus became the first japanese governor-general of korea in this position he reported directly to the emperor and as proconsul had wide-ranging powers ranging from legislative administrative and judicial to effect changes and reforms the annexation of korea by japan and subsequent policies introduced by the new government was highly unpopular with the majority of the korean population and terauchi (who concurrently maintained his position as army minister) employed military force to maintain control however he preferred to use the deep historical and cultural ties between korea and japan as justification for the eventual goal of complete assimilation of korea into the japanese mainstream to this end thousands of schools were built across korea although this contributed greatly to an increase in literacy and the educational standard the curriculum was centered on japanese language and japanese history with the intent of assimilation of the populace into loyal subjects of the japanese empire