Itô became the first [[Governor-General]] of the Japanese protectorate of [[Colonial Korea|Korea]] in [[1905]],<ref>Mark Peattie, ''The Japanese Colonial Empire'', Princeton University Press (1984), 17.</ref> remaining in that position until he was killed by Korean activist [[An Jung-geun]] in [[1909]]. | Itô became the first [[Governor-General]] of the Japanese protectorate of [[Colonial Korea|Korea]] in [[1905]],<ref>Mark Peattie, ''The Japanese Colonial Empire'', Princeton University Press (1984), 17.</ref> remaining in that position until he was killed by Korean activist [[An Jung-geun]] in [[1909]]. |