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The territorial dispute between [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]] over Dokdo is an issue that can be easily misunderstood without an extensive survey of arguments presented in the academic settings. Because the news outlets that brief on the matter are primarily interested in the new developments in the dispute, they will abstain from favoring any side and appear to show that both sides are equally right, or, even worse, that the side that is wrong continues to perpetuate the issue with a more aggressive approach. | |||
that not likely to deal with the intricacies of the arguments, the reader assumes that the "dispute" arose and continues to exist by its very disputable nature | |||
can be evaluated by two main frameworks of | |||
Korea claims territorial sovereignty over Dokdo based on historical control of Dokdo beginning with the conquest of Ulleungdo by Shilla in 512 A.D. and subsequent de facto control based on visibility from Ulleungdo, which is the nearest historically inhabited Korean island from Dokdo. Japan claims territorial sovereignty based on activities including fishing and felling of bamboo groves at Dokdo from mid-17th century on. Korea claims that prohibition of seafaring to this area since 1696 by the Japanese government applied only to Ulleungdo, while Korea maintains that the ban applied Ulleungdo and appurtenant islands including Dokdo. Many maps, both Korean and Japanese, before 1905 show Dokdo as a Korea territory. On January 28, 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war, Japan issued ''Shimane Prefecture Notice No. 40'' that incorporated Dokdo as a Japanese territory under the claim of ''terra nullius''. The Korean government was not notified until March 29, 1906, well after Japan defeated Russia and concluded, on November 17, 1905, the Eulsa treaty that made Korea a protectorate of Japan amd prevented Korea from lodging any protest against the Japanese action over Dokdo. | Korea claims territorial sovereignty over Dokdo based on historical control of Dokdo beginning with the conquest of Ulleungdo by Shilla in 512 A.D. and subsequent de facto control based on visibility from Ulleungdo, which is the nearest historically inhabited Korean island from Dokdo. Japan claims territorial sovereignty based on activities including fishing and felling of bamboo groves at Dokdo from mid-17th century on. Korea claims that prohibition of seafaring to this area since 1696 by the Japanese government applied only to Ulleungdo, while Korea maintains that the ban applied Ulleungdo and appurtenant islands including Dokdo. Many maps, both Korean and Japanese, before 1905 show Dokdo as a Korea territory. On January 28, 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war, Japan issued ''Shimane Prefecture Notice No. 40'' that incorporated Dokdo as a Japanese territory under the claim of ''terra nullius''. The Korean government was not notified until March 29, 1906, well after Japan defeated Russia and concluded, on November 17, 1905, the Eulsa treaty that made Korea a protectorate of Japan amd prevented Korea from lodging any protest against the Japanese action over Dokdo. | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 11 September 2010
The territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan over Dokdo is an issue that can be easily misunderstood without an extensive survey of arguments presented in the academic settings. Because the news outlets that brief on the matter are primarily interested in the new developments in the dispute, they will abstain from favoring any side and appear to show that both sides are equally right, or, even worse, that the side that is wrong continues to perpetuate the issue with a more aggressive approach.
that not likely to deal with the intricacies of the arguments, the reader assumes that the "dispute" arose and continues to exist by its very disputable nature
can be evaluated by two main frameworks of
Korea claims territorial sovereignty over Dokdo based on historical control of Dokdo beginning with the conquest of Ulleungdo by Shilla in 512 A.D. and subsequent de facto control based on visibility from Ulleungdo, which is the nearest historically inhabited Korean island from Dokdo. Japan claims territorial sovereignty based on activities including fishing and felling of bamboo groves at Dokdo from mid-17th century on. Korea claims that prohibition of seafaring to this area since 1696 by the Japanese government applied only to Ulleungdo, while Korea maintains that the ban applied Ulleungdo and appurtenant islands including Dokdo. Many maps, both Korean and Japanese, before 1905 show Dokdo as a Korea territory. On January 28, 1905 during the Russo-Japanese war, Japan issued Shimane Prefecture Notice No. 40 that incorporated Dokdo as a Japanese territory under the claim of terra nullius. The Korean government was not notified until March 29, 1906, well after Japan defeated Russia and concluded, on November 17, 1905, the Eulsa treaty that made Korea a protectorate of Japan amd prevented Korea from lodging any protest against the Japanese action over Dokdo.