奴婢制度は、1894年の甲午改革で廃止されるまで続いたが、結局は両班の反対により失敗している。
当時は、奴婢（奴隷）が約４３％、良民（常民）が約５0％、残りの約７％は「両班」（ヤンパン）と呼ばれる人々でした。
朝鮮半島で実質的に奴隷制度が廃止されたのは、日韓併合の前年1909年である。この年に韓国統監府は戸籍制度を導入することで、人間とは見なされていなかった姓を待たない賤民階層にも姓を許可した。
これにより、彼らの子供たちは学校に通えるようになり、身分解放に反発する両班は激しい抗議デモを繰り広げたが、身分にかかわらず教育機会を与えるべきと考える日本政府によって即座に鎮圧された。
しかし、現在の韓国人は学校で甲午改革で自ら奴隷解放を行ったと習っている。
a sad fact for current koreans
The current Korean people must thank Hirofumi Ito.
Ito Hirofumi is called Lincoln on the Korean Peninsula.
The fellow system continued until it was abolished by the Kofun reform（甲午改革） in 1894, but in the end it has failed due to the opposition of the "Yangban"(両班).
At that time, slaves（奴婢） of about 43%, Ryomin (良民) is about 50%, about 7% of the rest of it was people called "Yangban" ((両班).The fact that the slavery system was practically abolished in the Korean Peninsula was the year 1909 of the previous year's annexation of Japan and Korea.
By introducing the family register system in this year, the Korean Council of Statutes(韓国統監府) allowed the surname of the People's People who did not wait for the surname that was not regarded as a human being.
As a result, their children are now attend school, but the two teams to repel the identity release has waged a violent protest demonstrations, it was put down immediately by the Japanese government to consider and should give educational opportunities regardless of the identity.However, the current Koreans are learning that they have liberated themselves at school through the Gabo （甲午）Reform.
