Ernst Oppert

Ernst Jakob Oppert (5 December 1832 – 19 September 1903) was a Jewish businessman from Germany best known for his unsuccessful attempt in 1868 to remove the remains of the father of regent Yi Ha-eung from his grave in order to use it to blackmail the regent into removing Korean trade barriers.

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