Not everyone gets to brag about being both a king AND an emperor. Who was the last king of Korea and the first emperor?

The Gwangmu Emperor Gojong was last in the five-century line of the Joseon Dynasty, reigning until the early 20th century. As the sun set on his reign, he declared the country an empire, making him the first emperor of Korea – a short-lived imperial power, as it ended in 1910. The empire was never revitalized.

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