Talk:Lee Wan-yong

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I don't think this sentence is correct : "He belonged to the ‘reform faction’ which wanted to westernize Korea and to open the country to foreign trade, and was thus considered to be ‘pro-Japanese’."

He was considered to be pro-Japanese not because he wanted Korea to be more open, but because he signed the Korea-Japan annexation treaty despite the Emperor Gojong and public's disapproval.

I'll edit this sentence. --Ko blues (talk) 03:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't think this sentence is correct : 'He mistakenly thought that the annexation would make a Korea-Japan dual monarchy, similar to Austria-Hungary or Sweden-Norway'. He didn't do so by mistake, he acknowledged it but did it nevertheless. That's why he's considered as the biggest shit in the world in Korean history. Yet, it might be controversial, so I'll leave it to others to decide upon it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.218.212.249 (talk • contribs) 11:52‎, 4 April 2012

Ye Wanyong

Source:

• page 3 of [1]
• page 1 of [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] and [7]
• page 2 of [8], [9]

also, [10]. Thanks. --Garam (talk) 08:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Why I moved the page

I moved this page from Ye Wanyong to Lee Wan-yong per WP:COMMONNAME. I noticed that the NYT called him Lee [here] (this is cited in the article too), which made me curious as to whether Ye was the common name. I checked the [ngrams] and Lee Wan-yong was by far the most common result, with Ye not being present at all. In addition to the NYT, the [Korea JoongAng Daily] and the [Dong-a Ilbo] call him Lee. As a counterpoint, Ye does seem to be used by [The Hankyoreh], but given the ngram and usage by non Korean sources (even if it’s admittedly just one), Lee is preferable. Dantus21 (talk) 00:11, 15 July 2023 (UTC)