The Imo Incident, also sometimes known as the Imo Mutiny, Soldier's riot or Jingo-gunran in Japan, was a violent uprising and riot in Seoul beginning on July 23, 1882 by soldiers of the Korean army who were later joined by disaffected members of the wider Korean population. The revolt broke out in part because of King Gojong's support for reform and modernization. The revolt was also in part, a reaction to Gojong's support for Japanese military advisors. Some sources credit rumors as the spark which ignited violence where many Korean soldiers were worried by the prospect of incorporating Japanese officers in a new army structure. The trigger for the riot is largely attributed to a reaction about unpaid soldiers wages, who found sand and bad rice in soldiers' rations. At the time, soldiers