<P> The Japan -- Korea Treaty of 1905 , also known as the Eulsa Treaty , Eulsa Unwilling Treaty or Japan -- Korea Protectorate Treaty , was made between the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire in 1905 . Negotiations were concluded on November 17 , 1905 . The treaty deprived Korea of its diplomatic sovereignty and made Korea a protectorate of Imperial Japan . It resulted from Imperial Japan 's victory in the Russo - Japanese War in 1905 . </P>
who negotiated an agreement with japan concerning the future of korea
the Korean Empire