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Chosun’s (Korea’s) 1714 Report on Coastal Defences and Dokdo

Title Chosun’s (Korea’s) 1714 Report on Coastal Defenses and Dokdo The July 22, 1714 passage from King Sukjong’s “Bogweoljeong-o” (補闕正吳)[…]

Dokdo Recorded in Jang Han Sang’s 1694 Inspection of Ulleungdo – Korea’s Ulleungdo Sa-Jeok Ancient Korean records confirm Chosun cognizance[…]

Japan’s Flawed Case for Dokdo / Takeshima – Setting the Record Straight The following page contains a copy of Shimane[…]

Old Japanese Maps of Shimane Prefecture Show Oki Islands as Japan’s Territorial Limits “Just as many Japanese historical records state,[…]

Japan’s Insatiable Appetite for Territory Most, if not all, pages on this website have focused on the historical reasons as[…]

Japan’s Shogunate Excludes Ulleungdo and Dokdo From Japanese Territory The following documents are very critical to the historical ownership over[…]

Japan’s Shogunate Defines Dokdo Island (松島 Matsushima) as Part of Chosun (Korea) During the early 19th Century the Japanese Shogunate[…]

Throughout the ages, nations have used visibility as a method of determining which territories were part of their country. Both[…]