<page_title> Abolition of monarchy </page_title> <section_title> Monarchies abolished in the 20th–21st centuries </section_title> <table> <cell> 1910 <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 1900s </col_header> <col_header> 1910s </col_header> </cell> <cell> Korea <col_header> Country </col_header> <col_header> 1900s </col_header> <col_header> 1910s </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sunjong <col_header> Last monarch </col_header> <col_header> 1900s </col_header> <col_header> 1910s </col_header> </cell> <cell> Native monarchy abolished; replaced by rule by Japan, a monarchy, through 1945. <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> 1900s </col_header> <col_header> 1910s </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1910 the last emperor of Korea, Sunjong, lost his throne when the country was annexed by Japan.