The Gabo Reform Main reform Korea is a sovereign country (i.e., completely independent from China 's external interference). Hierarchical society ( class system) is abolished. Social privileges of the yangban class are eliminated. Those with talent are to be allowed to study and appointed to government posts based on merit alone, regardless of social class. The army is to be established on the basis of conscription, regardless of background. A modern police force and military are established. All official documents are to be written in Hangul , and not hanja (Chinese characters). Leather working , acting , and so on are to no longer be regarded as degrading work, and the people who do them are no longer outcastes. A sound system of fiscal management and to use the government's fiscal resources to create wealth for the country is developed. Torture of suspects and witnesses was banned, guilt by association ended (punishment of family m...