- Dokdo in the East Sea
- Dokdo in History
- Dokdo is Korean Territory
Dokdo in the East Sea
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- Dokdo is Korean Territory
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Ⅰ. Roots of Territorial Claims to Dokdo
- 1. Korean Territorial Claims Proven by Japanese Historical Sources
- 2. Korean Territorial Claims Proven by Korean Historical Sources
- 3. The Japanese government’s claim that it established territorial rights over Dokdo in the mid-seventeenth century is a fabrication.
- 4. The Highest Decision-making Office in Japan’s Meiji Government Decides that Dokdo and Ulleung are Part of Korean Territory
- Ⅱ. On the declaration of territorial rights over Dokdo by the Korean government and the illegality of the island’s annexation in 1905 to Shimane Prefecture
- Ⅲ. Korea’s Territorial Rights to Dokdo Seen from Measures Taken by the Allied Powers after World War II
- Ⅳ. Korea’s Territorial Claims on Dokdo after the San Francisco Peace Treaty
- Ⅴ. Korea’s Territorial Rights over Dokdo Seen from International Law
1. Opinions in Favor of Korea’s Possession of Dokdo by Prominent Legal Scholars
Larry A. Niksch, a specialist in Asian Affairs with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, said that the issue of Dokdo is a territorial dispute that includes historical origins as well as control of marine resources and national pride. He also said that Korea is in a more advantageous position than Japan in that it has had de facto sovereignty over the island.
Meanwhile, Serita Kentarō, a professor in the School of Law, Aichi Gakuin University, in Japan, proposed a solution for the Dokdo dispute involving the Japanese government’s expression of regret for colonization which would be followed by acknowledgement of Dokdo as Korean territory, establishment of a boundary line in the middle between Ulleungdo and the Oki islands, creation of a 12-nautical-mile exclusive fisheries zone and opening of the seas to the world’s scientists, and the signing of a Japanese-Korean treaty on Dokdo.
