Territorial Disputes of South Korea - Liancourt Rocks Dispute, Northern Limit Line, Division of Korea, Korean Maritime Border Incidents (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Liancourt Rocks dispute, Northern Limit Line, Division of Korea, Korean maritime border incidents, Socotra Rock, Report of Van Fleet Mission to Far East, Syngman Rhee Line. Excerpt: The Liancourt Rocks dispute is a territorial dispute between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan. Currently both the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan claim sovereignty over Liancourt Rocks, a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). North Korea supports South Korea's claim. Although claimed by both Korea and Japan, Liancourt Rocks have been administered by the Republic of Korea since 1954 by stationing ROK forces, which action was taken after the United States stated that the Japanese claim to the Liancourt Rocks would not be renounced in the peace treaty (the Rusk documents or Rusk-Yang correspondence of 1951). In 1954, Japan proposed to ROK a reference to the International Court of Justice; the ROK rejected the proposal. There are conflicting interpretations about the state of sovereignty over the islets in pre-modern times. Korean claims are partly based on references to a Korean island called Usan-do (, / ) in various historical records, geographies, maps, and encyclopedia such as Samguk Sagi, Annals of Joseon Dynasty, Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam, and Dongguk munhon bigo. According to the Korean view, these refer to today's Liancourt Rocks, while the Japanese views variously argue that they refer to either Juksoe (; Korean Jukdo or Dae'soem), Kwanumdo (,,; Korean Seommok, G'aksae), Ulleungdo, or a non-existent island. Researchers disagree on who first had administrative control over the islets due to ambiguities in early historical records and maps, partly due to changes in the names of the islands in the area over the years. Samguk Sagi (History of Three Kingdoms) recorded that in 512, the 13...