the postal administration office was burnt down and hong young shik , who was the responsible person of postal service , was executed for being a part of it . 郵征総局も焼き討ちにあい、責任者であった洪英植もクーデタに加担していたことから処刑された。
on november 18 , 1884 , the postal service started in korea by the launch of the general office for postal administration (ko:우정총국 ) in seoul , a central bureaucracy , which operated the business . 朝鮮において1884年11月18日に郵便事業が発足し、事業を担う中央官庁である郵征総局（ko우정총국）がソウルに置かれた。
in what became known as the gapsin coup , an enlightenment group led by hong young shik , kim ok-gyun and pak yonghyo , who opposed any qing interference in korea ' s internal affairs , seized the occasion of a ceremony marking the start of operations at the general office for postal administration to stage a coup on december 4; their coup was intended to transform korea into a constitutional monarchy . しかし清国の内政干渉を嫌う洪英植、金玉均、朴泳孝らの開化派が朝鮮の立憲君主国家への転換を狙い引き起こしたクーデタ、いわゆる甲申政変は、12月4日にの郵征総局開庁祝賀式典に乗じて事を始めた。
