 The departure of the Daewongun's to Korea's abandonment of its isolationist policy.Through the ascendancy of Queen to the throne, the Min clan had also been able to use the newly created institutions by the government as bases for political power, and with their growing monopoly of key positions they frustrated the ambitions of the Enlightenment Party.After the Imo incident in 1882, the Min clan pursued a pro-Chinese policy.